Legal Opinion
United States v. Stephen Hathaway, United States of America v. Howard Baptista
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided March 24, 1976No. 75-1352, 75-1353PublishedCited by 151 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Circuit Judge.
Defendants Hathaway and Baptista were charged in a six-count indictment with substantive and conspiracy violations of 18 U.S.C. § 1951, the Hobbs Act, and 18 U.S.C. § 1952, the Travel Act. Both were convicted of all charges after an eight-day jury trial.
The Government contended that defendants extorted money from Meridian Engineering, Inc. (Meridian), in return for the award of two contracts by the New Bed-ford, Massachusetts, Redevelopment Authority (Authority), of which Baptista was Executive Director. Meridian was a design, engineering, and construction…
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