United States v. Casey Newsom

Casey Newsom appeals from his jury conviction of violating 18 U.S.C.A. § 1951 by threatening to harm the wife of the president of the First National Bank of Mansfield, Louisiana, in an attempt to extort $98,000 in bank funds. We affirm. We address each of the numerous errors asserted by Newsom seriatim.(1) Newsom alleges the indictment failed to set forth the elements of the offense charged. Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 7(c) specifies that the indictment “shall be a plain, concise and definite written statement of the essential facts constituting the offense charged.” This Court has…