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U.S. v. WILLIAMS

No. 90-6600.

952 F.2d 1504 (1991)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jerry WILLIAMS, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided December 17, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joe B. Brown, U.S. Atty., Wendy Goggin, Melissa Harrison, Asst. U.S. Attys., William Cohen, Asst. U.S. Atty., (Argued and Briefed), Nashville, Tenn., for U.S.

Richard McGee (Argued and Briefed), Nashville, Tenn., James D. Causey, Memphis, Tenn., for Jerry Williams.

Before MARTIN and MILBURN, Circuit Judges, and JOINER, Senior District Judge.

MILBURN, Circuit Judge.

Defendant Jerry Williams appeals his jury conviction and sentence for conspiracy to extort and extortion under the Hobbs Act, 18 U.S.C. §§ 371 and 1951. The issues raised in this appeal by the defendant are (1) whether the district court erred in denying defendant's special jury instruction request No. 1 and in giving its instruction regarding the definition of extortion under the Hobbs Act; (2) whether the district court erred in...

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