United States v. McFall

TASHIMA, Circuit Judge:

Monte D. McFall (“McFall”), a former lobbyist and local elected official, stands convicted of nine counts of attempted extortion and conspiracy to commit extortion, 18 U.S.C. § 1951, six counts of honest services mail fraud, 18 U.S.C. §§ 1341, 1346, and two counts of attempted witness tampering, 18 U.S.C. § 1512(b)(1), (3). He was sentenced to 121 months’ imprisonment and a $50,000 fine.

On appeal, McFall challenges the sufficiency of the evidence supporting the attempted extortion (Counts 2 and 3) and conspiracy to commit extortion (Count 4) convictions, the jury…