United States Eleventh Circuit

Defendant's conviction for extortion in violation of the Hobbs Act is affirmed over her claim that the district court erred when it instructed the jury that only a "minimal" effect and not a "substantial" effect on interstate commerce was necessary to prove a violation of the Hobbs Act.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/21/2005
• Published 04/21/2005

Judges

• KRAVITCH, Circuit Judge:, Before BIRCH, KRAVITCH and CUDAHY, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eleventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• G. Richard Strafer, G. Richard Strafer, P.A., Miami, FL, Kevin Michael Schad, Schad & Cook, Indian Springs, OH, for Defendants-Appellants., Anne R. Schulz, Susan Rhee Osborne, Kathleen M. Salyer, Miami, FL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.