Legal Opinion
United States v. Brock
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided September 6, 2007No. 05-6621, 05-6622, 05-6623, 05-6645PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SUTTON, Circuit Judge.
May the payor of a bribe to a state official conspire with that official to extort property from himself in violation of the Hobbs Act? We hold that he cannot, and we thus reverse the convictions of Michael and Jerry Brock. Darrin Webb’s unrelated challenges to his conviction and sentence, by contrast, do not have merit, and we thus affirm both of them.
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Michael Brock and Darrin Webb are “best friends” with a long history. The two once operated video poker machines together in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Michael Brock eventually left that business to open Brock…
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