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9th Circ. Affirms Atty's Extortion Rap Despite Jury Error

By David McAfee (April 11, 2014, 6:21 PM EDT) -- The Ninth Circuit on Friday upheld a former California lawyer's conviction for attempted extortion, holding that the district court's jury instruction was erroneous but harmless because any rational jury would have found him guilty regardless because the means he employed to obtain the property were unlawful....

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