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1) Wesley Williams and others robbed and killed Kirktrick Cooper, a drug dealer, in South Carolina in 2000. Williams was convicted of drug trafficking, possession of firearms, and robbery under the Hobbs Act. 2) On appeal, Williams argued that his robbery of Cooper did not affect interstate commerce as required by the Hobbs Act. However, the court found that drug dealing is inherently economic and interstate in nature, placing it within Congress

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