U.S. v. BAKER

No. 95-1525.

82 F.3d 273 (1996)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Robert M. BAKER, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided April 29, 1996.

Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing Denied June 17, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry B. Robertson, argued, St. Louis, MO, for Appellant.

Sam C. Bertolet, argued, St. Louis, MO (Dean R. Hoag, Edward L. Dowd, Jr., on the brief), for Appellee.

Before McMILLIAN, FLOYD R. GIBSON, and LOKEN, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing En Banc Denied June 17, 1996.*

LOKEN, Circuit Judge.

St. Louis police officer Robert M. Baker appeals his conviction and thirty-month sentence for violating the Travel Act, 18 U.S.C. § 1952(a). Baker asserts that his extortion of a St. Louis motorist was not linked to interstate commerce, that the district court improperly admitted evidence Baker had been extorting motorists for more...

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