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UNITED STATES v. TROTTA

No. 289, Docket 75-1267.

525 F.2d 1096 (1975)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellant, v. Gerard P. TROTTA, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided November 10, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward R. Korman, Chief Asst. U. S. Atty., E.D.N.Y. (David G. Trager, U. S. Atty., E.D.N.Y., on the brief), for appellant.

Herbert A. Lyon, Kew Gardens, N.Y. (Lyon & Erlbaum, William M. Erlbaum, and Charles Wender, Kew Gardens, N.Y., on the brief), for appellee.

Before LUMBARD, ANDERSON and VAN GRAAFEILAND, Circuit Judges.

ROBERT P. ANDERSON, Circuit Judge:

The appellee, Gerard P. Trotta, was indicted1 on two counts of extortion under the Hobbs Act, 18 U.S.C. § 1951, based on acts which he allegedly committed while Commissioner of Public Works of the Town of Oyster Bay, Long Island. The indictment charges that Trotta demanded and induced the payments of $2,000 and $1,000, under the respective counts, in political...

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