Legal Opinion
United States v. Richard Kelly
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided November 16, 1984No. 84-5035PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GESELL, District Judge:
Former Congressman Richard Kelly has appealed his conviction by a jury on three counts charging conspiracy to commit bribery and to defraud the United States, 1 bribery, 2 and interstate travel to engage in bribery. 3 He primarily contends that the evidence of his entrapment by the Federal Bureau of Investigation was so overwhelming that no reasonable jury could have failed to have a reasonable doubt as to his guilt. After carefully examining the evidence, we have concluded for the reasons set out below that the jury had ample evi dence to find that Congressman Kelly…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- United States v. RussellSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Sherman v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
- United States v. Quentin Ira LincolnCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1980
- United States v. Stanley Weisz, United States of America v. Eugene Robert CiuzioCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1984
- United States v. MyersCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1982
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3Cited by37 opinions
- United States v. Arthur OrtizCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1986
- United States v. DaleCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1993
- United States v. GiffordCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1994
- United States v. Dwayne A. WashingtonCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1997
- United States v. Richard KellyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1986
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