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U.S. v. HICKS

No. 87-2117.

848 F.2d 1 (1988)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. William D. HICKS, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided May 27, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard B. McNamara with whom Wiggin & Nourie, Manchester, N.H., was on brief, for appellant.

Sara M. Lord, Public Integrity Section, Crim. Div., Dept. of Justice, with whom William F. Weld, Asst. Atty. Gen., Washington, D.C., Crim. Div., and Richard V. Wiebusch, U.S. Atty., Manchester, N.H., were on brief, for appellee.

Before COFFIN and TORRUELLA, Circuit Judges, and FUSTE, District Judge.

COFFIN, Circuit Judge.

Appellant William Hicks was convicted in the United States District Court for the district of New Hampshire of attempted extortion under the Hobbs Act, 18 U.S.C. § 1951. The gist of the government's case was that defendant attempted to obtain between $5000 and $10,000 from one James R. Proko in exchange for a guarantee that he would secure the approval by the Salem Town Planning Board of Proko's...

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