Legal Opinion
United States v. Ronald Jarrett
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided June 8, 1983No. 81-2565PublishedCited by 65 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARLINGTON WOOD, Jr., Circuit Judge.
This appeal, raising a variety of issues, arises from a jury conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 1951 (“the Hobbs Act”) for the armed robbery of Alfred’s Orange Blossom Jewelers (“Orange Blossom”) in Oak Lawn, Illinois, on December 15, 1977. The court sentenced Jarrett as a dangerous special offender under 18 U.S.C. § 3575 to twenty-five years imprisonment.
I. Jurisdiction
Jarrett asserts that the federal government lacked both constitutional power and statutory authority to prosecute him for the robbery of the Orange Blossom. According to Jarrett, the Hobbs Act…
2Cases cited42 opinions
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3Cited by65 opinions
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