U.S. v. ABBEY

No. 07-2278.

560 F.3d 513 (2009)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Charles Gary-Don ABBEY, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: April 3, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Richard M. Lustig, Richard M. Lustig Law Office, Birmingham, Michigan, for Appellant. Robert W. Haviland, Assistant United States Attorney, Flint, Michigan, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Richard M. Lustig, Richard M. Lustig Law Office, Birmingham, Michigan, for Appellant. Robert W. Haviland, Assistant United States Attorney, Flint, Michigan, for Appellee.

Before: MARTIN and COOK, Circuit Judges, WATSON, District Judge.


OPINION

BOYCE F. MARTIN, JR., Circuit Judge.

Former Burton, Michigan, City Administrator Charles Abbey was convicted of conspiracy to bribe a public official under 18 U.S.C. § 371 and 18 U.S.C. § 666(a)(2), solicitation of a bribe by a public official under 18 U.S.C. § 666(a)(1), and extortion by a public official under the Hobbs Act, 18 U.S.C. § 1951. Though covering three crimes and two statutes, Abbey's appeal boils down to a single...

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