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UNITED STATES v. PHILLIPS

Nos. 77-1283, 77-1428.

577 F.2d 495 (1978)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Morris PHILLIPS and James Beasley, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied June 8, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerrold M. Ladar, of San Francisco, Cal., for defendants-appellants.

Edmund D. Lyons, Sp. Atty., Dept. of Justice, San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before CARTER and TRASK, Circuit Judges, and BURNS, District Judge.

JAMES M. CARTER, Circuit Judge:

This is a joint appeal by Morris Phillips and James Beasley, who were convicted of conspiracy to commit extortion, in violation of the Hobbs Act (18 U.S.C. § 1951) (Count I), and of attempting to commit extortion, also in violation of the Hobbs Act (Count II). Phillips was sentenced to concurrent three-year terms and fined $10,000.00. Beasley was sentenced to concurrent five-year terms.

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