United States v. Thomas Anthony Avarello, Jerry Henry Wood, Carmel Cosmo Bowers, James Eugene Avery and Bobby Joe Chapman

GEE, Circuit Judge:

Pursuant to a court order, the FBI began intercepting telephone conversations of appellant Jerry Wood, a Dallas bookmaker. The interception, which continued from November 27, 1975, to December 9, 1975, and which produced recordings of more 1,100 calls, resulted in indictments against Wood, Virginia Avanell Smith, Bobby Joe Chapman, Thomas Anthony Avarello, James Eugene Avery, and Carmel Cosmo Bowers 1 for conducting an illegal gambling business, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1955 2 and 2. Following a jury trial, all defendants were convicted. We affirm the convictions.

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