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U.S. v. BROCK

Nos. 05-6621, 05-6622, 05-6623, 05-6645.

501 F.3d 762 (2007)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Gary Michael BROCK (05-6621); Jerry Giles Brock (05-6623); and Darrin T. Webb (05-6622/6645), Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: September 6, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: John P. Konvalinka, Grant, Konvalinka & Harrison, Chattanooga, Tennessee, Martin J. Levitt, Levitt & Levitt, Chattanooga, Tennessee, Fielding H. Atchley, Jr., Dietzen & Atchley, Chattanooga, Tennessee, for Appellants. Gary Humble, Assistant United States Attorney, Chattanooga, Tennessee, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: John P. Konvalinka, Matthew D. Brownfield, Grant, Konvalinka & Harrison, Chattanooga, Tennessee, Martin J. Levitt, Levitt & Levitt, Chattanooga, Tennessee, Fielding H. Atchley, Jr., Dietzen & Atchley, Chattanooga, Tennessee, for Appellants. Gary Humble, Assistant United States Attorney, Chattanooga, Tennessee, for Appellee.

Before: GILMAN and SUTTON, Circuit Judges; TARNOW, District Judge.

OPINION

SUTTON, Circuit Judge.

May the payor of a bribe to a state official conspire with that official to extort property from himself in violation of the Hobbs Act? We hold that he cannot, and we thus reverse the convictions of Michael and Jerry Brock. Darrin Webb's unrelated challenges to his conviction and sentence, by contrast, do not have merit, and we thus affirm both of them.

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