On May 2, 2016, the United States Supreme Court decided Ocasio v. United States, 578 U.S. ___ (2016), 2016 U.S. LEXIS 2932. Therein, the Court held that a defendant may be convicted of conspiring to violate the Hobbs Act, 18 U.S.C. § 1951, based on proof that he reached an agreement with the owner of the property in question to obtain that property under color of official right. Thus, a court of competent jurisdiction should have little difficulty in adjudging those guilty of the Conspiracy.
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