eBook details
- Title: United States V. Vinson
- Author : Sixth Circuit. United States Court Of Appeals
- Release Date : January 27, 1979
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 59 KB
Description
After a jury trial in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky, Vinson, Sheriff of Lawrence County, and Thompson, a county magistrate, were convicted of extorting money from a coal company and of conspiring to do so. 18 U.S.C. § 1951 (1976). We affirm the defendants' convictions. The major issue on appeal is whether the District Judge followed proper procedures governing admission of co-conspirator hearsay evidence. We address questions left unanswered by our recent decision in United States v. Enright, 579 F.2d 980 (6th Cir. 1978), and establish guidelines for administering the co-conspirator exception to the hearsay rule, Fed.R.Evid. 801(d)(2)(E).