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UNITED STATES v. DUHON

No. 76-3998.

565 F.2d 345 (1978)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Harlan DUHON and Donald Ray Lovett, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied January 30, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James A. McPherson, New Orleans, La., for Lovett.

L. Edwin Greer, Shreveport, La., for Duhon.

Edward L. Shaheen, U. S. Atty., D. H. Perkins, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., Donald E. Walter, Sp. Asst. U. S. Atty., Shreveport, La., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before WISDOM, GEWIN and AINSWORTH, Circuit Judges.

AINSWORTH, Circuit Judge:

Defendants Harlan Duhon and Donald Lovett appeal from convictions for extortion in violation of the Hobbs Act, 18 U.S.C. § 1951. The charge of extortion arose out of a $5,000 payment allegedly made to the defendants, two labor union officials, by a building contractor who was experiencing labor troubles at his construction site.

On appeal defendants present a number of assignments of error. Both Duhon and Lovett urge that: 1...

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