Legal Opinion
United States v. John Arena and Michelle Wentworth
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided June 7, 1999No. 97-1081(L), 97-1082(C)PublishedCited by 146 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KEARSE, Circuit Judge:
Defendants John Arena and Michelle Wentworth appeal from judgments entered in the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York after a jury trial convicting each on two counts of extortion and one count of conspiracy to commit extortion, in violation of the Hobbs Act, 18 U.S.C. § 1951 (the “Act”), on account of their attacks on medical facilities that provided reproductive health services. Arena and Wentworth were sentenced principally to 41 and 37 months’ imprisonment, respectively, to be followed by three years of supervised release, and were…
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