United States v. Calvin Lamar Bosby, Alan Maurice Ticey, and Charles F. Hill, Jr.

JOHNSON, Circuit Judge:

Defendants Hill, Bosby and Ticey were indicted for mail fraud, 18 U.S.C.A. § 1341, 1 and conspiracy to commit mail fraud, 18 U.S.C.A. § 371. 2 After a nine-day trial, the defendants were convicted on all counts and sentenced to varying periods of incarceration. 3 Defendants appeal, alleging numerous errors below. We affirm.

I

Defendants Ticey, Hill and Bosby, along with Heard, Rudolph and Haggins, engaged in a concerted effort to defraud certain banks and stores in Birmingham, Alabama. In November 1980, Heard, Hill and Ticey, traveled from Tennessee to Birmingham. Once in…