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U.S. v. NISHNIANIDZE

Nos. 01-2495, 01-2621.

342 F.3d 6 (2003)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Giorgiy NISHNIANIDZE, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided August 26, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elizabeth L. Bostwick, with whom Joseph S. Berman and Berman & Dowell were on brief, for appellant.

Samuel W. Buell, Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Michael J. Sullivan, United States Attorney, were on brief, for appellee.

Before TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge, BOWNES, Senior Circuit Judge, and LYNCH, Circuit Judge.

TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.

Giorgiy Nishnianidze raises a host of challenges to his extortion conviction. After careful review, we affirm.

I. Facts

A. Adoption

Lewis Finfer and Judith Shea, a married couple, adopted an infant son, Alexander, from the country of Georgia in March 1996. They consulted with a Massachusetts adoption agency called Wide Horizons for Children, Inc., which in turn worked with Nishnianidze (pronounced nish-nee-ah-NID...

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