U.S. v. WOODRUFF

No. 96-10397.

122 F.3d 1185 (1997)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Kevin Paul WOODRUFF, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided August 6, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Craig J. Jacobsen, Assistant United States Attorney, Oakland, CA, for plaintiff-appellant.

Ephraim Margolin, Law Offices of Ephraim Margolin, San Francisco, CA, for defendant-appellee.

Before: FARRIS and TASHIMA, Circuit Judges, and STAGG, Senior District Judge


FARRIS, Circuit Judge:

Kevin Woodruff was convicted by a jury of four counts of interfering with interstate commerce by robbery in violation of the Hobbs Act, 18 U.S.C. § 1951(a). The district court granted Woodruff's post-verdict motion for a judgment of acquittal on all counts. 941 F.Supp. 910 (N.D.Cal.1996). The United States appeals. We vacate the judgment of acquittal and remand.

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