UNITED STATES v. McCLELLAND

No. CR-R-83-16-ECR.

571 F.Supp. 759 (1983)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. Joseph B. McCLELLAND, Defendant.

United States District Court, D. Nevada.

August 22, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward R.J. Kane, Asst. U.S. Atty., Las Vegas, Nev., for plaintiff.

C. Frederick Pinkerton and Annabelle Whiting Hall, Reno, Nev., for defendant.


ORDER

REED, District Judge.

Defendant has moved for a new trial, F.R.Cr.P. 33, and for acquittal, F.R.Cr.P. 29(c). The grounds for his motion shall be treated in the order in which he listed them, as follows:

1. The Court erred in charging the jury that the government was not required to prove inducement as an element of the offense charged — 18 U.S.C. § 1951(b)(2) defines "extortion" to mean "the obtaining of property from another...

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