Legal Opinion
United States v. Eugene Temkin
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 13, 2015No. 12-50103, 12-50136PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WARDLAW, Circuit Judge:
Eugene Darryl Temkin challenges the sufficiency of the evidence underlying his three counts of conviction for (1) solicitation to commit a crime of violence; (2) attempted extortion in violation of the Hobbs Act; and (3) use of interstate commerce facilities in the commission of murder-for-hire. Temkin also raises the defense of entrapment. While we conclude that sufficient evidence supports Temkin’s convictions and that Temkin was not entrapped, we agree with the Government that the district court materially erred in calculating the correct base offense level at…
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