U.S. v. HUTSON

No. 87-1201.

843 F.2d 1232 (1988)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Donald Paul HUTSON, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided April 8, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James F. Hewitt, Federal Public Defender, and Christopher J. Cannon, Asst. Federal Public Defender, San Francisco, Cal., for defendant-appellant.

Joseph P. Russoniello, U.S. Atty., Sanford Svetcov and Jeffrey W. Lawrence, Asst. U.S. Attys., San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before ALDISERT, WALLACE and SCHROEDER, Circuit Judges.


ALDISERT, Senior Circuit Judge:

The major question for decision in this appeal from a jury conviction and sentence for violating the federal extortion law, 18 U.S.C. § 876, is the constitutionality of the statute. Appellant Donald Hutson argues that the statute is overbroad and vague. Because we reject these challenges, we will consider Hutson's additional contention that the government's reference during his cross-examination to statements made by him in a magistrate...

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