Iozzi v. State

The appellant was found guilty of extortion 1 by a jury in the Criminal Court of Baltimore and sentenced to imprisonment for a term of 4 years.

On appeal from the judgment the appellant contends:

I. The statute proscribing the offense of which he was convicted is unconstitutional as vague and indefinite.

II. The trial court erred in certain instructions to the jury.

III. The evidence was not sufficient to sustain the conviction.

I

The question of the constitutionality of the statute proscribing the offense of which the appellant was charged and convicted was not presented to the lower court and…