U.S. v. OCASIO

No. 12-4462.

750 F.3d 399 (2014)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Samuel OCASIO, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: April 29, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Matthew Scott Owen , King & Spalding LLP, Washington, D.C., for Appellant. Kathleen O'Connell Gavin , Office Of The United States Attorney, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Daniel S. Epps , King & Spalding LLP, Washington, D.C., for Appellant. Rod J. Rosenstein , United States Attorney, Office Of The United States Attorney, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellee.

Affirmed in part, vacated in part, and remanded by published opinion. Judge KING wrote the opinion, in which Judge MOTZ and Judge SHEDD joined.


KING, Circuit Judge:

In 2012, a jury found defendant Samuel Ocasio, a former officer of the Baltimore Police Department (the "BPD"), guilty of four offenses relating to his involvement in a kickback scheme to funnel wrecked automobiles to a Baltimore auto repair shop in exchange for monetary payments. Ocasio was convicted on three Hobbs Act extortion counts, see 18 U.S.C. § 1951, plus a charge of conspiracy to commit such extortion, see 18 U.S.C...

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