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UNITED STATES v. PRICE

No. 79-1480.

617 F.2d 455 (1979)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Floyd PRICE, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided October 22, 1979.

Opinion March 10, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick A. Tuite, Chicago, Ill., for defendant-appellant.

Thomas P. Sullivan, U. S. Atty., Cynthia Giacchetti, Asst. U. S. Atty., Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before CUMMINGS and TONE, Circuit Judges, and GRANT, Senior District Judge.

TONE, Circuit Judge.

Defendant Floyd Price, formerly an inspector for the Chicago Bureau of Electrical Inspection, was convicted by a jury on ten counts of extortion under color of official right in violation of the Hobbs Act, 18 U.S.C. § 1951(a).1 Price's conviction arose out of a series of transactions in which he accepted illegal payments from electrical contractors while acting as an inspector.

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