Legal Opinion
United States v. Floyd Price
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 10, 1980No. 79-1480PublishedCited by 51 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TONE, Circuit Judge.
Defendant Floyd Price, formerly an inspector for the Chicago Bureau of Electrical Inspection, was convicted by a jury on ten counts of extortion under color of official right in violation of the Hobbs Act, 18 U.S.C. § 1951(a). 1 Price’s conviction arose out of a series of transactions in which he accepted illegal payments from electrical contractors while acting as an inspector. He was sentenced to eighteen months imprisonment on each count, the sentences to run concurrently.
On appeal, Price argues that his conviction should be reversed due to an insufficiency of evidence…
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