United States v. Michael G. Thevis, Alton Bart Hood, Global Industries, Inc., Anna Jeanette Evans

KRAVITCH, Circuit Judge.

Appellants Michael Thevis and Global Industries, Inc. [Global] were convicted by a jury of violating the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act [RICO], 18 U.S.C. § 1962. Thevis and appellants Anna Jeanette Evans and Alton Bart Hood were convicted of conspiracy to violate the civil rights of Roger Dean Underhill under 18 U.S.C. § 241 by preventing him from testifying at trial. All appellants claim that the trial court erred in several evidentiary rulings, chiefly objecting to the trial court’s admission of Underhill’s grand jury testimony as a hearsay…