United States v. Alex Elias, Also Known as Puff, Luis Otero, Also Known as Gardana

JACOBS, Circuit Judge.

Defendant Alex Elias appeals from a judgment entered in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (Ross, /.), convicting him, after a jury trial, of robbery and conspiracy to commit robbery, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1951 (the “Hobbs Act”). Elias argues (1) that the trial evidence was insufficient to establish the jurisdictional element of the Hobbs Act conviction because the government failed to prove the requisite effect on interstate commerce and (2) that improper remarks made by the prosecutor during rebuttal summation were prejudicial. 1