Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit August 27, 1981, 79-5238, 80-7087 (United States v. Hoyle Lamont Peacock, Vera Lee Peacock and Harvey Coleman Peacock)

JAMES C. HILL, Circuit Judge:

A jury found beyond a reasonable doubt that Harvey, Hoyle, and Vera Peacock were members of a criminal enterprise that engaged in arson, murder, mail fraud, and obstruction of justice in order to defraud certain insurance companies. The twenty-four count indictment charged the Peacocks with racketeering, 18 U.S.C. § 1962(c) [Count 1], mail fraud, 18 U.S.C.