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UNITED STATES v. RABBITT

No. 77-1677.

583 F.2d 1014 (1978)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Richard J. RABBITT, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided September 5, 1978.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied October 27, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan G. Kimbrell, of Rosecan, Kimbrell & Witzel, St. Louis, Mo., for appellant; Mortimer A. Rosecan, St. Louis, Mo., on brief.

Terry I. Adelman, Asst. U. S. Atty., St. Louis, Mo., for appellee; Robert D. Kingsland, U. S. Atty., Stephen B. Higgins, Asst. U. S. Atty., on brief.

Before BRIGHT and HENLEY, Circuit Judges, and TALBOT SMITH, Senior District Judge.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied October 27, 1978.

BRIGHT, Circuit Judge.

Richard Rabbitt appeals from a jury conviction on eleven counts of mail fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1341 (1976), and three counts of extortion and one count of attempted extortion in violation of the Hobbs Act, 18 U.S.C. § 1951 (1976). The district court sentenced Rabbitt to serve seven years' imprisonment and five years' probation and to pay $18,000 in fines. Rabbitt...

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