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UNITED STATES v. LOPEZ

Nos. 84-5068, 84-5070 and 84-5071.

803 F.2d 969 (1986)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Ernest LOPEZ, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. John VLAHOVICH, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Paula NADIR, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Submitted March 6, 1986.

Decided September 4, 1986.

Designated for Publication October 30, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard E. Drooyan, Asst. U.S. Atty., Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiff-appellee.

John Nese, Joel Levine, Stilz, Boyd, Levine & Handzlik, Los Angeles, Cal., for defendant-appellant.

Before PREGERSON and POOLE, Circuit Judges, and SOLOMON, District Judge.

POOLE, Circuit Judge:

These cases involve a series of robberies and extortions to benefit West Coast Metallics Industries (West Coast Metallics), a Los Angeles company that refines precious metals. The crimes were committed by Lopez and Vlahovich at the direction of Nadir, owner and president of West Coast Metallics. The jury found appellants guilty of conspiracy, 18 U.S.C. § 371 (1982), obstruction of interstate commerce by robbery,

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