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U.S. v. FANT

No. 91-5853.

974 F.2d 559 (1992)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Ennis Maurice FANT, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided September 10, 1992.

As Amended November 2, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Alexander Coates, Love, Thornton, Arnold & Thomason, Greenville, S.C., argued (Belton Oswald Thomason, Jr., on brief), for defendant-appellant.

John Michael Barton, Asst. U.S. Atty., Columbia, S.C. argued (E. Bart Daniel, U.S. Atty., on brief), for plaintiff-appellee.

Before WIDENER, MURNAGHAN, and NIEMEYER, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

MURNAGHAN, Circuit Judge:

Ennis Fant ("appellant"), a former South Carolina State Representative, was indicted in October 1990, on one count of conspiracy to commit extortion, and on two substantive counts of extortion under color of official right (taking a bribe as a public official) in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1951 and 1952 ("the Hobbs Act").1 Pursuant to a plea agreement, appellant pled guilty to the conspiracy...

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