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UNITED STATES v. DeJEAN

No. 79-5413 Summary Calendar.

613 F.2d 1356 (1980)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Patrick Jude DeJEAN, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 20, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Virginia Laughlin Schlueter, Asst. Public Defender, New Orleans, La., for defendant-appellant.

John P. Volz, U. S. Atty., Pauline F. Hardin, Asst. U. S. Atty., New Orleans, La., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before GODBOLD, REAVLEY and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

Appellant Patrick Jude DeJean was convicted by a jury on June 5, 1979, of one count of violation of the Hobbs Act, 18 U.S.C. § 1951 (1976) which makes it a crime to interfere with interstate commerce by extortion. DeJean raises two issues on appeal: (1) whether the evidence presented by the government was sufficient for conviction;1 and (2) whether the prosecutor's alleged indirect comments on DeJean's failure to testify...

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