Posted On: February 20, 2009
FEDERAL CRIMINAL DEFENSE: QUID PRO QUO REQUIREMENT FOR EXTORTION
Although government must prove existence of a quid pro quo to support conviction for Hobbs Act extortion, quid pro quo need not be explicitly stated. Here, the instructions received were sufficient.
United States v. Kincaid-Chauncey (9th Cir., 2/20/09, 06-10544) 09 C.D.O.S. 2006
(Hannibal Lecter: If I help you, Clarice, it will be "turns" for us too. I tell you things, you tell me things. Not about this case, though. About yourself. Quid pro quo. Yes or no? [pause] Yes or no, Clarice? Poor little Catherine is waiting.
Clarice Starling: Go, doctor)
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