Legal Opinion
United States v. Barry Kaplan
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided April 9, 1999No. 95-4908PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDMONDSON, Circuit Judge:
This controversy arises from defendant’s conviction of attempted extortion and conspiracy to commit extortion under the Hobbs Act. We conclude that the government presented sufficient evidence to support the jury’s findings for the Hobbs Act violations, and we affirm the convictions.
Background
In 1984 and 1985, Defendant Barry Kap-lan, a resident of Miami, Florida, placed several hundred thousand dollars1 into two Panamanian bank accounts through the aid of a Panamanian lawyer named Pablo Arosemena. Kaplan gave Aroseme-na power of attorney over the two bank accounts…
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3Cited by52 opinions
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