United States v. John Vincent Cifarelli, and Charles William Ebeling, A/K/A Robert Ebeling, A/K/A Bob Ebeling

TUTTLE, Circuit Judge:

Appellants challenge their conviction of conspiracy to use extortionate means to collect extensions of credit, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 894, and of obstruction of justice by testifying falsely before a grand jury, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1503. One appellant, Ebeling, also appeals from his conviction of using extortionate means to collect an extension of credit, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 894.

I. STATEMENT OF THE CASE

In August 1975, one Peter Melnick and two business partners Reed and Stroemer, opened a screen printing business named the “Squeegee.” The following,…