UNITED STATES v. COHEN

No. 83-2664.

738 F.2d 287 (1984)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Robert J. COHEN, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided June 29, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald D. Lahners, U.S. Atty., D. Neb., Paul D. Boeshart, Asst. U.S. Atty., Lincoln, Neb., for appellee.

Bradley K. Schweer, McClellan & Schweer, Omaha, Neb., for appellant.

Before BRIGHT, JOHN R. GIBSON and BOWMAN, Circuit Judges.


JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge.

Robert J. Cohen appeals his conviction of extorting money by interstate telephone calls threatening to injure property, under 18 U.S.C. § 875(d). He argues that the evidence was insufficient to establish intent to extort as he was simply attempting to obtain a business loan and that his motion for acquittal should have been sustained. In a letter filed with the court pro se, which we treat as a brief, Cohen argues that his mental...

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