United States Fourth Circuit

Defendant's convictions for two counts of Hobbs Act robbery in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1951(a) and one count of using a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) are affirmed, where the jury could rationally have found that the government met its burden of establishing that defendant's robberies affected interstate commerce, and thus, met the jurisdictional element of the Hobbs Act.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/06/2014
• Published 06/06/2014

Judges

• WILKINSON

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

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