UNITED STATES v. VON DER LINDEN

No. 77-1275.

561 F.2d 1340 (1977)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. George Ernst VON DER LINDEN, Jr., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

October 3, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Larry A. Brown, Eugene, Or., for defendant-appellant.

Sidney I. Lezak, U.S. Atty., Marc D. Blackman, Asst. U.S. Atty., Portland, Or., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before GOODWIN and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges, and NIELSEN, District Judge.


PER CURIAM:

Appellant was convicted of the use of an interstate communication in an attempt to extort $25,000.00. 18 U.S.C. § 875(d).1 Appellant threatened to reveal facts damaging to the reputation of another person unless he was paid $25,000.00. In the same conversation, he also defamed the character of a friend; these allegations were unrelated to the extortion attempt.

At trial, appellant denied he intended to extort money...

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