Litigation
Apr. 15, 2014
Appellate panel upholds lawyer's conviction for extortion, obstruction
Alfred Nash Villalobos got three years for offering to have his client lie to a grand jury investigating alleged immigration fraud. Currently suspended, he also faces State Bar discipline charges for not complying with an MCLE audit.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
A Los Angeles-area lawyer serving three years in prison for extortion and obstruction of justice lost his bid Friday to have his conviction reversed.
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld Alfred Nash Villalobos's conviction for seeking a bribe to interfere with a federal grand jury probe of an immigration scheme, ruling that a mistake in one jury instruction was harmless error. U....
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