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U.S. v. LEWIS

No. G85-133 CR.

638 F.Supp. 573 (1986)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. William Alexander LEWIS, a/k/a My Lord Prophet; William A. Lewis, a/k/a Prophet David Israel; William Lenard Lewis, a/k/a Judah Israel; Muriel S. King, a/k/a Prophetess Leah Israel; Robert A. Mc Gee, a/k/a Ezekiel Israel; Larry E. Branson, a/k/a Jabez Israel; Theodore R. Jones, Sr., a/k/a Jacob Israel; Eddie L. Green, a/k/a Samson Israel; and James Nelson, a/k/a Methusalem Israel, Defendants.

United States District Court, W.D. Michigan, S.D.

May 28, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John A. Smietanka, U.S. Atty., Daniel L. Bell II, Susan J. King, Criminal Section — Civil Rights Div., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for U.S.

Larry C. Willey, Grand Rapids, Mich., for William Alexander Lewis.

Dennis Kolenda, Grand Rapids, Mich., for William Lenard Lewis.

Michael B. Quinn, Grand Rapids, Mich., for Muriel S. King.

Leroy Kramer, Grand Rapids, Mich., for Robert A. McGee.

Charles S. Rominger, Jr., Grand Rapids, Mich., for Larry E. Branson.

Anthony J. Valentine, Grand Rapids, Mich., for Theodore R. Jones, Sr.

Robert Mirque, Grand Rapids, Mich., for Eddie L. Green.

Victor Smedstad, Grand Rapids, Mich., for James Nelson.

OPINION

HILLMAN, Chief Judge.

On November 21, 1985, a federal grand jury indicted William A. Lewis, William L. Lewis, Muriel S. King, Robert A. McGee, Larry Branson, Theodore R. Jones, Eddie L. Green, Jr., and James Nelson. The two count indictment charged that from the fall of 1981 until July 4, 1983, defendants conspired to hold named and unnamed children in involuntary servitude in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 241 and held John Yarbough in involuntary...

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