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UNITED STATES v. CRAIG

No. 77-1364.

573 F.2d 513 (1978)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Robert CRAIG and Louis A. Markert, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided March 22, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anna R. Lavin, Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellants.

Thomas P. Sullivan, U. S. Atty., James F. Holderman, Asst. U. S. Atty., Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before CUMMINGS and PELL, Circuit Judges, and CAMPBELL, Senior District Judge.

WILLIAM J. CAMPBELL, Senior District Judge.

Among the members of the House of Representatives of the Seventy-seventh Illinois General Assembly were the defendants-appellants herein, Robert Craig and Louis A. Markert, both of whom were found guilty by a jury of conspiring to commit extortion under color of official right in violation of the Hobbs Act, 18 U.S.C. § 1951, and of mail fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1341. The events giving rise to the prosecution...

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