United States v. Joseph

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

TROUTMAN, District Judge.

The government has charged that defendant, the Clerk of Courts of Lehigh County, violated the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO), 18 U.S.C. § 1961 et seq., by soliciting and accepting various amounts of cash from a bailbondsman in consideration for defendant’s favorable recommendations and exercise of discretion in his official decisions. Defendant has filed several pre-trial motions addressed seriatim below.

First, defendant attacks the factual sufficiency of the indictment, which must allege as an essential element of the…