UNITED STATES v. YEO

No. 83-2390.

739 F.2d 385 (1984)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Frank Allen YEO, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided July 24, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert G. Ulrich, U.S. Atty., J. Whitfield Moody, Asst. U.S. Atty., Kansas City, Mo., for appellee.

Floyd R. Finch, Jr., Blackwell Sanders Matheny Weary & Lombardi, Kansas City, Mo., for appellant.

Before LAY, Chief Judge, and ROSS and FAGG, Circuit Judges.


FAGG, Circuit Judge.

Frank Yeo appeals from his conviction for using extortionate means to collect a debt, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 894(a)(1) and (2). On appeal Yeo alleges, among other things, that an instruction to the jury constructively amended the indictment. Because we agree with this contention, we reverse.

Yeo was charged in three counts of a four-count indictment. Count one, the only count on which Yeo was convicted, charged that on...

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