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UNITED STATES v. SHIELDS

No. 80-5755.

675 F.2d 1152 (1982)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Harmon Wesley SHIELDS & Jack Vernon Quick, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

May 10, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Neal P. Rutledge, Washington, D. C., for Shields.

Mark L. Angert, Entin, Schwartz, Angert & Dion, Ronald A. Dion, Miami, Fla., Clyde M. Taylor, Jr., Tallahassee, Fla., for Quick.

William M. James, Jr., U. S. Dept. of Justice, Tampa, Fla., William C. Bryson, Margaret I. Miller, Washington, D. C., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before TJOFLAT, HILL and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges.

JAMES C. HILL, Circuit Judge:

Appellants Harmon Shields and Jack Quick were convicted by a jury on one count of conspiracy to obstruct interstate commerce by extortion, in violation of the Hobbs Act, 18 U.S.C. § 1951, and on two counts of attempting to commit the substantive offense, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1951 and 1952. On appeal, they contend certain evidence was improperly admitted, assert a Brady violation, and challenge the sufficiency...

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