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U.S. v. Hickman, No. 97-40237 (5th Cir.) (179 F.3d 230) (June 21, 1999) (Per Curiam)

This decision contains an excellent review of the competing judicial views on the constant struggle over the expanding use of the Hobbs Act (18 U.S.C. ยง 1951) to prosecute "local" crimes that were previously left to the States. In this case, the defendants were initially charged with a string of ...

 

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