United States v. Theodore G. Daley

MULLIGAN, Circuit Judge:

Theodore G. Daley appeals from judgments of conviction entered in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York after a three-week trial before the Hon. Morris E. Lasker, District Judge, and a jury. The indictment which was filed on August 3, 1976 contained one count charging Daley with conspiracy to violate the Hobbs Act 1 and another count charging him with extortion, a substantive violation of the Hobbs Act, 18 U.S.C. § 1951. The indictment also charged Daley, a union official, with five counts of accepting goods and services from employers…