Legal Opinion
United States v. David Lowayne Box, John Byron Yarbrough, and Leroy Eugene Burch
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 11, 1995No. 93-1674PublishedCited by 57 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BENAVIDES, Circuit Judge:
David Lowayne Box, a bail bondsman, Leroy Eugene Burch, former Sheriff of Wise County, and John Byron Yarbrough, former Chief Deputy Sheriff, were convicted of one count of conspiracy to interfere with interstate commerce by extortion and various substantive counts of extortion, all in violation of the Hobbs Act. The offense conduct included a scheme designed to extort money (through bonds and fines) from travelers arrested at a roadside park in exchange for promises that the charges, usually public lewdness or indecent exposure, would be dropped or reduced. The…
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