CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.
For a price — a pack of cigarettes, a few pastries or as little as ten dollars — Ernest Bolton, an inspector for Chicago's Consumer Services Department, was apparently prepared to turn a blind eye to health code violations, real or threatened. After a four-day trial, a jury convicted Bolton of three counts of extortion in violation of the Hobbs Act, 18 U.S.C. § 1951 (1988), and one count of RICO conspiracy, 18 U.S.C. §...
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