Legal Opinion
United States v. Louis B. Pacheco and John N. Fountain, Jr.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 7, 1974No. 72-3355PublishedCited by 111 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
AINSWORTH, Circuit Judge:
Appellants Louis B. Pacheco and John N. Fountain, Jr., were indicted, along with fifty-eight other persons, in a two-count indictment charging them with operation of an illegal gambling business, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1955 1 and 2, 2 and with conspiracy to operate an il legal gambling business, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 371. 3 All those indicted were allegedly participants in the same illegal gambling organization involving bookmaking and numbers operations in Florida. By the date set for trial, fifty-two of the defendants entered pleas of guilty to one or…
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3Cited by111 opinions
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