United States v. Stirone

MILLER, District Judge.

Following trial and conviction for a violation of § 1951 of Title 18 U.S.C.A., the defendant Nicholas Stirone has filed motions for arrest of judgment, for acquittal and, in the alternative, for a new trial. The substance of the single count indictment was that the defendant, a union official, obstructed, delayed and affected interstate commerce and the movement of materials in interstate commerce by the extortion of $31,274.13 from William G. Rider. The extortion was alleged to consist of the obtaining of money by defendant’s wrongful imposition on the victim of a fear…