UNITED STATES v. VILLARREAL

No. 84-1847.

764 F.2d 1048 (1985)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Gerardo Adolf VILLARREAL, a/k/a Jerry, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied August 16, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles T. Conaway, Charles J. Lieck, Jr., San Antonio, Tex., for defendant-appellant.

Helen M. Eversberg, U.S. Atty., J.W. (Bill Blagg), Asst. U.S. Atty., San Antonio, Tex., Vincent L. Gambale, Maury S. Epner, App. Sec., Crim.Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before BROWN, POLITZ and JOLLY, Circuit Judges.


E. GRADY JOLLY, Circuit Judge:

This case is an appeal by a lieutenant in the sheriff's office of Bexar County, Texas, from a criminal conviction under the Hobbs Act, 18 U.S.C. § 1951, for conspiracy to extort protection money from operators of massage parlors in the San Antonio, Texas, area. Because we find sufficient evidence to support the conviction, and in addition find no reversible error, we affirm.

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