United States v. Butt

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

YOUNG, District Judge.

In its first six counts, this eight count indictment charges Herbert A. Butt (“Butt”) with various acts of extortion, conspiracy to engage in extortion, racketeering, and conspiracy to engage in racketeering. The conspiracy counts do not name any of Butt’s alleged co-conspirators. The seventh and eighth counts charge James T. Semon (“Semon”) with two acts of perjury.

I. Motion to Dismiss Counts Seven and Eight.

Semon moves to dismiss the charges against him because (1) the questions were too ambiguous to form the basis of a perjury indictment, and (2)…