Legal Opinion

United States v. John D. Frazier

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided August 29, 1977No. 77-1195PublishedCited by 32 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ROSS, Circuit Judge.

Defendant-appellant John D. Frazier (herein either defendant or Frazier) was convicted and sentenced in district court on a one count indictment for attempted extortion of bank assets in violation of the Hobbs Act, 18 U.S.C. § 1951. For the reasons stated herein, we affirm.

So far as they are material to this appeal, the facts may be briefly stated. 1 Through a series of telephone calls defendant proposed to one James Clayton a scheme to obtain money from the First National Bank in St. Louis, Missouri, through its president Clarence Barksdale. The plan called for Clayton to…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Schneckloth v. BustamonteSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  2. Bumper v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  3. United States v. WatsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  4. Paul John Carbo, Frank Palermo, Joseph Sica, Louis Tom Dragna, and Truman K. Gibson, Jr. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1963
  5. United States v. Philip Berrigan, in No. 72-1938, and Elizabeth McAlister Appeal of Elizabeth McAlister InCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1973

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3Cited by32 opinions

  1. United States v. CulbertSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  2. United States v. William WhiteCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2016
  3. United States v. Jeffrey H. CollinsCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2003
  4. United States v. George Joseph Santoni, United States of America v. John Jake Konstantine JakubikCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1978
  5. United States v. TraitzCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1989

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