Ocasio v. United States
Ocasio v. United States, 578 U.S. ___ (2016), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court clarified whether the Hobbs Act's definition of conspiracy to commit extortion only includes attempts to acquire property from someone who is not a member of the conspiracy. The case arose when Samuel Ocasio, a former Baltimore, Maryland police officer, was indicted for participating in a kickback scheme with an automobile repair shop where officers would refer drivers of damaged vehicles to the shop in exchange for cash payments. Ocasio argued that he should not be found guilty of conspiring to commit extortion because the only property that was exchanged in the scheme was transferred from one member of the conspiracy to another, and an individual cannot be found guilty of conspiring to
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Ocasio v. United States
Ocasio v. United States, 578 U.S. ___ (2016), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court clarified whether the Hobbs Act's definition of conspiracy to commit extortion only includes attempts to acquire property from someone who is not a member of the conspiracy. The case arose when Samuel Ocasio, a former Baltimore, Maryland police officer, was indicted for participating in a kickback scheme with an automobile repair shop where officers would refer drivers of damaged vehicles to the shop in exchange for cash payments. Ocasio argued that he should not be found guilty of conspiring to commit extortion because the only property that was exchanged in the scheme was transferred from one member of the conspiracy to another, and an individual cannot be found guilty of conspiring to
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Ocasio v. United States, 578 U ...... more questions than answers."
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A defendant may be charged wit ...... part of the extortion scheme.
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Kennedy, Ginsburg, Breyer, Kagan
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Hobbs Act, 18 U.S.C. §§ 371, 1951.
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Ocasio v. United States
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On Writ of Certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
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Ocasio v. United States, 578 U ...... found guilty of conspiring to
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Samuel Ocasio, Petitioner v. United States of America
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