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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The defendant-appellant Villarreal...
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