UNITED STATES v. PRICE

No. 74-1538.

507 F.2d 1349 (1974)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. James J. PRICE, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided December 23, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Morris D. Rosen and Klyde Robinson, Charleston, S. C. (Robert N. Rosen, Charleston, S. C., on brief), for appellant.

Thomas P. Simpson and Lionel S. Lofton, Asst. U. S. Attys. (John K. Grisso, U. S. Atty., on brief), for appellee.

Before BOREMAN, Senior Circuit Judge, and WINTER and CRAVEN, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

Appellant was convicted of conspiracy to extort and extortion, both involving interstate commerce, in violation of the Hobbs Act, 18 U.S.C. § 1951 (1970). He asserts that the jury was improperly instructed on the definition of "extortion."1 Rejecting this and other assignments of error, we affirm.

Price at all relevant times was Chairman of the Charleston (South Carolina...

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