U.S. v. EVANS

No. 89-8631.

910 F.2d 790 (1990)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. John H. EVANS, Jr., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

September 6, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Michael Abbott, Atlanta, Ga., for defendant-appellant.

Robert L. Barr, Jr., U.S. Atty., William Gaffney, Asst. U.S. Atty., Atlanta, Ga., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before KRAVITCH and COX, Circuit Judges, and DYER, Senior Circuit Judge.


KRAVITCH, Circuit Judge:

John H. Evans, Jr. appeals his conviction on one count of attempted extortion under color of official right in violation of the Hobbs Act, 18 U.S.C. § 1951, and one count of subscribing to a materially false federal income tax return for 1986 in violation of 26 U.S.C. § 7206(1). We affirm his convictions on both counts.

BACKGROUND

In early 1985, Clifford Cormany, Jr. ("Cormany"), a special agent with the Federal...

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