United States Seventh Circuit

An extortion conviction under the Hobbs Act requires the Government to only show that a public official has obtained a payment to which he was not entitled, knowing that the payment was made in return for official acts.

Appellate Information

• Argued 02/13/2001
• Decided 04/09/2001
• Published 04/09/2001

Judges

• TERENCE T. EVANS, Circuit Judge., Before MANION, KANNE, and EVANS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• David E. Bindi (argued), Office of the U.S. Attorney, Criminal Division, Chicago, IL, for plaintiff-appellee., Walter Jones, Jr. (argued), Camille B. Conway, Pugh, Jones & Johnson, Chicago, IL, for defendant-appellant.