United States v. Anthony Augello

J. JOSEPH SMITH, Circuit Judge:

Anthony Augello was convicted on trial to the jury in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, Joseph C. Zavatt, Judge, on two substantive counts of a four-count indictment charging him and two co-defendants 1 2with conspiracy and three substantive offenses 2 of extortion obstructing interstate commerce, in violation of the Hobbs Act (18 U.S.C. § 1951). 3 He was sentenced to concurrent five-year prison terms on each count, but has been enlarged on bail pending the determination of this appeal. We find no reversible error and affirm…