United States v. Kalb, No. 13-1954 (8th Cir. 2014)
Annotate this CaseDefendant, a lieutenant of the Arkansas police department, appealed her conviction of two counts of attempted extortion under color of official right and two counts of attempted possession with intent to distribute cocaine. The court concluded that there was sufficient evidence for a jury to convict defendant of attempted extortion where she was not entitled to the $1000 a government recruit paid her and where driving her marked police car, to escort the recruit on a drug delivery, while in uniform was an official act. The evidence also supported defendant's attempted possession conviction based on her constructive possession of the drugs the recruit told her were in the truck. Accordingly, the court affirmed the judgment of the district court.
Court Description: Criminal case - Criminal law. The evidence was sufficient to support the convictions of a Helena-West Helena, Arkansas police officer for attempted extortion under color of official right and attempted possession with intent to distribute cocaine.
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