Legal Opinion
United States v. Black
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided February 27, 1996No. 94-1852, 95-1149 and 95-1187PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOUDIN, Circuit Judge.
Appellants Jack Black, Herbert Plympton and Jeffrey Lavigne were indicted in November 1993 and charged with conspiracy to steal and sell goods in interstate commerce, 18 U.S.C. § 371, and with various substantive crimes incident to the conspiracy. Also named in the indictment as co-defendants were the alleged ring-leader, Donald St. Ger-main, and two others: Raymond Wilbur and Joni Lynn Smith, who was Plympton’s wife. All of the indicted defendants, except for Lavigne and Plympton, later pled guilty to specific offenses. Several other co-conspirators pled guilty to…
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