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U.S. v. GUERRA

No. 97-4576.

164 F.3d 1358 (1999)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Manuel GUERRA, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

January 14, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Fletcher Peacock, Asst. Fed. Pub. Defender, Miami, FL, for Defendant-Appellant.

Ronald Dewaard, Adalberto Jordan, Suzan Hill Ponsoli, Carol Herman, Asst. U.S. Attys., Miami, FL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Before TJOFLAT, BARKETT and MARCUS, Circuit Judges.

MARCUS, Circuit Judge:

Appellant Manuel Guerra seeks to overturn his conviction for the armed robbery of an Amoco gas station, arguing that some $300 taken during the course of the robbery was an insufficient evidentiary foundation to satisfy the jurisdictional requirement of the Hobbs Act, 18 U.S.C. § 1951 (1994). We have repeatedly held that the government needs to establish only a minimal effect on interstate commerce to support a violation of the Hobbs Act...

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