United States v. Jimmie Harold Primrose

SEYMOUR, Circuit Judge.

Jimmie Harold Primrose was indicted on thirty-eight counts of mail fraud, 18' U.S.C. §§ 2,1341 (1976), and three counts of extortion, 18 U.S.C. § 1951 (1976), in connection with an alleged scheme to defraud the citizens of Murray County, Oklahoma. A jury convicted him of thirteen counts of mail fraud. On appeal, he asserts that: (1) the trial court erred in not dismissing the indictment for unnecessary delay in bringing him to trial; (2) the voir dire of jurors was inadequate; (3) the Government failed to prove a use of the mails for the purpose of executing a scheme to…