United States v. Herman Franks, (Two Cases). United States of America v. Max Britton, (Two Cases). United States of America v. Boyce Mitchell

JOHN W. PECK, Circuit Judge.

Defendants-appellants Franks and Britton were convicted, after a sixteen-day (16-day) jury trial in district court, of causing others on or about June 2, 1971, to commit physical violence to Jett Hair Care Center (“Jett Hair”) and Tri State Beauty Supply (“Tri-State”), two Memphis, Tennessee, businesses whose operation affected commerce, in furtherance of a plan and purpose to obstruct commerce in violation of the Hobbs Act, 18 U.S.C. § 1951(a) (1970), 1 and of 18 U.S.C. § 2 (1970). 2 Franks and Britton also were convicted of aiding and abetting the malicious…