U.S. v. ALLEN

No. 937, Docket 96-1305.

127 F.3d 260 (1997)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Ernest ALLEN, aka 1-95-m-1426-01, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided October 8, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeremy Gutman, New York City, for Defendant-Appellant.

Jo Anne Weissbart, Assistant United States Attorney, Brooklyn, NY (Zachary W. Carter, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, Peter A. Norling, Assistant United States Attorney, Brooklyn, NY, on the brief), for Appellee.

Before: JACOBS, CALABRESI and LAY, Circuit Judges.


JACOBS, Circuit Judge:

Ernest Allen appeals from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York convicting him, following a jury trial, of making two extortionate extensions of credit in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 892(a). On appeal, Allen claims that 18 U.S.C. § 892(a) is unconstitutionally vague as applied to the facts of his case, and that the jury instructions improperly favored the prosecution and failed to articulate...

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