United States v. Robert "Bobby" Taylor (80-5117), James Knight (80-5118), Wayne Drewry (80-5119)

The defendants appeal from their jury convictions for conspiracy, fraud and interstate transportation of stolen property. The jury found that the defendants carried forward a conspiracy to defraud finance and leasing companies by four similar fraudulent schemes. The case for the government was based largely on the testimony of two of the alleged conspirators, one of whom testified under a grant of immunity, and the other under a plea bargain by which the United States dropped all but one charge against him. Only one defendant-appellant, Wayne Drewry, challenges the sufficiency of the…