United States v. Allan Harvey Bibby (82-5705), Edgar Hardin Gillock (82-5717), A. Arthur Ayers (82-5723)

BOYCE F. MARTIN, Jr., Circuit Judge.

Defendants Edgar Gillock, a former Tennessee state senator, and Arthur Ayers and Allan Bibby, former executives for Honeywell Information Systems, Inc., appeal their jury convictions for conspiracy, mail and wire fraud, extortion, and income tax fraud.

The charges against the defendants stem from their involvement in the sale of Honeywell computer systems. According to the indictment, the defendants were involved in a conspiracy to defraud Honeywell of both the honest and faithful service of its employees and substantial sums of money. The illegal activity…