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United States v. Silver

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Decided July 13, 2017No. 16-1615-crPublishedCited by 36 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

JOSÉ A. CABRANES, Circuit Judge:

In 2015, the United States Government indicted Sheldon Silver, the former Speaker of the New York -State Assembly, on charges of honest services fraud, Hobbs Act extortion, and money laundering. The Government alleged that Silver abused his public position by engaging in two quid pro quo schemes in which he performed official acts -in exchange for bribes and kickbacks, and that he laundered the proceeds of his schemes into private investment vehicles. After a jury trial of nearly one month in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New…

2Cases cited27 opinions

  1. Neder v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1999
  2. Skilling v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2010
  3. Evans v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
  4. McDonnell v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2016
  5. United States v. Robert L. JohnsonCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1992

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3Cited by36 opinions

  1. Linde v. Arab Bank, PLCCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2018
  2. Robert Cordaro v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2019
  3. United States v. SampsonCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2018
  4. United States v. Ng Lap SengCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2019
  5. United States v. KosinskiCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2020

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