United States Sixth Circuit

A police officer's conviction for extortion is affirmed over claims that the extortion must have a substantial effect on interstate commerce to satisfy the commerce element of the Hobbs Act, and that the government failed to prove that the extortion had even a de minimis effect on interstate commerce.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/17/2007
• Published 01/17/2007

Judges

• Before SILER, GILMAN, and GRIFFIN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  David S. Wigler, Law Offices of Herbert S. Moncier, Knoxville, Tennessee, for Appellant.  Gary Humble, Assistant United States Attorney, Chattanooga, Tennessee, for Appellee.   ON BRIEF:  David S. Wigler, Law Offices of Herbert S. Moncier, Knoxville, Tennessee, for Appellant.  Gary Humble, Assistant United States Attorney, Chattanooga, Tennessee, for Appellee.