UNITED STATES v. JOHNSON

No. 3-74-Cr-50.

381 F.Supp. 210 (1974)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. James W. JOHNSON, Defendant.

United States District Court, D. Minnesota, Third Division.

September 18, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert G. Renner, U. S. Atty., Thorwald H. Anderson, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., Minneapolis, Minn., for plaintiff.

Ronald I. Meshbesher, Minneapolis, Minn., for defendant.


ORDER

DEVITT, Chief Judge.

Convicted of extortion under the Hobbs Act, 18 U.S.C. § 1951, defendant moves for Arrest of Judgment, Judgment of Acquittal or New Trial. Briefs have been lodged and argument heard.

Defendant's principal argument in support of its motion in Arrest of Judgment is that defendant was acquitted in a June 1974 trial in Anoka County State Court of kidnapping under substantially the same facts and that prosecution here on...

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