BARROW, Judge.
In this appeal of an extortion conviction, we conclude that the Commonwealth was not required to prove the falsity of an allegation underlying a threat to injure a victim's character. The crime of extortion addresses the malice found in obtaining money or other value by threatening to harm another's character; it is not concerned with whether the accusation, by which the harm is threatened is true or false.
At trial there was evidence that the...
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