United States v. Jack Foster

RILEY, Circuit Judge.

A jury convicted Jack Foster (Foster) of aiding and abetting attempted extortion, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2 and the Hobbs Act, 18 U.S.C. § 1951. The district court 1 sentenced Foster to 36 months’ imprisonment. Foster appeals his conviction, ehal-lenging the constitutionality of the Hobbs Act, as applied, and in the alternative, challenging the sufficiency of the evidence supporting his conviction. We affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

Foster and his longtime friend, Billy Freeman (Freeman), served as elected officials (aldermen) on the Pine Bluff, Arkansas, City Council (Council).…