Leslie (Ike) Atkinson and others convicted with him

Leslie (Ike) Atkinson (lower right) and others convicted with him on June 4, 1976 in federal court in Raleigh, leave the courthouse after being found guilty of charges of conspiring to smuggle heroin into the United States from Thailand. The other four shows are, from left, James McArthur, of Fayetteville; Charles Gillis, Goldsboro; William Thomas, Goldsboro; and Rudolph Valentino Jennings, Goldsboro. (AP Photo)