Legal Opinion
United States v. Nishnianidze
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided August 26, 2003No. Nos. 01-2495, 01-2621PublishedCited by 98 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.
Giorgiy Nishnianidze raises a host of challenges to his extortion conviction. After careful review, we affirm.
I. Facts
A. Adoption
Lewis Finfer and Judith Shea, a married couple, adopted an infant son, Alexander, from the country of Georgia in March 1996. They consulted with a Massachusetts adoption agency called Wide Horizons for Children, Inc., which in turn worked with Nishnianidze (pronounced nish-nee-ah-NID-zuh), an attorney in Georgia. Finfer and Shea paid $10,000 for the adoption' — half to Wide Horizons and half to Nishnianidze for his legal services.
Finfer and…
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