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U.S. v. GARAFANO

No. 93-2379.

36 F.3d 133 (1994)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Gary GARAFANO, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided September 23, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John A. MacFadyen, Providence, RI, for appellant.

Margaret E. Curran, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Sheldon Whitehouse, U.S. Atty., and Craig N. Moore, Asst. U.S. Atty., Providence, RI, was on brief, for U.S.

Before BOUDIN, Circuit Judge, ALDRICH, Senior Circuit Judge, and YOUNG, District Judge.

BOUDIN, Circuit Judge.

In December 1992 a grand jury indicted Gary Garafano on one count of extortion under color of official right under the Hobbs Act, 18 U.S.C. § 1951. The gist of the charge was that from spring 1989 to December 1990, Garafano, then an official in the Providence, Rhode Island, Department of Public Works, had extorted payments from a road paving firm doing work for the city, Forte Brothers Construction Corporation ("Forte Brothers").

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