Legal Opinion
United States v. Wayne Fabian
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided December 5, 2002No. 01-1471PublishedCited by 51 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Judge F.I. PARKER dissents in part in a separate opinion.
POOLER, Circuit Judge.
Wayne Fabian appeals from his convictions under the Hobbs Act, primarily arguing that the government failed to show an adequate connection between his crimes and interstate commerce to support federal jurisdiction. For the reasons given below, we find the government proved the nexus to interstate commerce necessary *553for Hobbs Act jurisdiction, and thus affirm Fabian’s convictions.
BACKGROUND
We review a sufficiency of the evidence challenge “in the light most favorable to the government, drawing all inferences in the…
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