Legal Opinion
United States v. A. Reginald Eaves
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided July 20, 1989No. 88-8479PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ATKINS, Senior District Judge:
The defendant/appellant A. Reginald Eaves was a member of the Fulton County Board of Commissioners (“Board”) elected in 1978 and sworn in as a Fulton County Commissioner in 1979. In October of 1987, Eaves was charged with four violations of the Hobbs Act. After a plea of not guilty, Eaves was tried and convicted on three of the four counts. He appeals from that conviction and asserts five separate grounds of error. We are persuaded by the appellant’s argument that counts three and four were multiplicious and thus reverse his conviction on count four of the…
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