Legal Opinion
United States v. John F. Dunn, Jr.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided March 29, 1985No. 84-1236PublishedCited by 57 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOWNES, Circuit Judge.
Defendant-appellant John F. Dunn, Jr., appeals from a jury conviction of conspiracy to extort and attempted extortion in violation of the Hobbs Act, 18 U.S.C. § 1951. In a two-count indictment, appellant and his uncle, William Connery, were charged with conspiring to extort and attempting to extort money from Fiore Bus Service, Inc. (FBS), under color of official right. The indictment asserted that from April 1983 through August 1983 Dunn misused his office as Chairman of the Northeast Metropolitan Regional Vocational School Committee (Northeast) in Wake-field,…
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