U.S. v. SOTELO

No. 95-2731.

94 F.3d 1037 (1996)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. George R. SOTELO, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 13, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald J. Schmid (argued), Office of U.S. Atty., South Bend, IN, for plaintiff-appellee.

Mark S. Lenyo (argued), Allen, Fedder, Herendeen & Kowals, South Bend, IN, for defendant-appellant.

Before KANNE, ROVNER, and DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judges.


KANNE, Circuit Judge.

A jury convicted George R. Sotelo of multiple counts of mailing threatening and extortionate communications in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 876. Sotelo appeals his conviction on the ground that the district court erred in not giving the jury an instruction on the defense of duress. He appeals the part of his sentence severely restricting the persons with whom he may communicate while incarcerated in federal prison on the grounds that the district...

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