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U.S. v. MILLS

No. 98-6179.

204 F.3d 669 (2000)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Alton Ray MILLS and Stephen D. Toarmina, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: February 28, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dan L. Newsom (argued and briefed), Assistant United States Attorney, Senior Litigation Counsel, Memphis, Tennessee, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

A.C. Wharton, Jr. (argued and briefed), Wharton, Wharton & Associates, Memphis, Tennessee, James D. Causey (briefed), Causey, Caywood, Taylor, Mc-Manus & Bailey, Memphis, Tennessee, for Defendant-Appellee Mills.

James R. Garts, Jr. (argued and briefed), James D. Wilson (briefed), Harris, Shelton, Dunlap & Cobb, Memphis, Tennessee, for Defendant-Appellee Toarmina.

Before: NELSON and DAUGHTREY, Circuit Judges; DOWD, District Judge.

OPINION

DAVID A. NELSON, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal by the government from a judgment of acquittal on certain Hobbs Act charges and related conspiracy and money laundering counts of which a jury had found the defendants guilty. The question presented is whether the defendants' conduct—conduct that involved the solicitation and acceptance of bribes for appointments to deputy sheriff positions in Shelby County, Tennessee affected interstate commerce...

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