People v. Hamer

BABCOCK, Judge.

Defendant, Stephen D. Hamer, seeks reversal of a judgment of conviction for criminal extortion entered upon jury verdict. We affirm.

The conviction arose out of a series of events which began while defendant and the victim were engaged to be married. During their courtship, defendant asked the victim to pose with him for sexually explicit photographs. The victim reluctantly agreed, believing that if she did not, defendant would leave her. Several months later, however, the relationship ended for other reasons.

In the summer of 1979 prior to the termination of their relationship,…