Legal Opinion
United States v. D.W. Snyder
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 21, 1991No. 90-1191PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DUHÉ, Circuit Judge.
D.W. Snyder appeals his convictions for extortion, filing false tax returns, bribery, and conspiracy. Snyder argues that federal jurisdiction was not proper and that the district judge committed reversible error in his instructions to the jury and in his admission of hearsay evidence. Finding that federal jurisdiction is proper and that the district court did not err, we affirm.
D.W. Snyder was the subject of two separate federal indictments involving charges that Snyder abused his position as a member of the Mississippi Public Service Commission. 1 At the time of his…
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