Legal Opinion
United States v. Calvin Smith
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided October 23, 2015No. 14-60688PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FORTUNATO P. BENAVIDES, Circuit Judge:
Calvin Louis Smith (“Defendant”) appeals his jury trial conviction for soliciting or accepting a bribe in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 666(a)(1)(B). Defendant served as an alderman for the City of Canton, Mississippi, and the jury found that he agreed to accept several thousand dollars in exchange for influencing the award of a city ditch-spraying contract in 2012. Defendant argues on appeal that the evidence at trial was insufficient to support a finding that the City of Cantón received over $10,000 in federal funds as required to satisfy a statutory element…
2Cases cited33 opinions
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- United States v. Orange Jell BeechumCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
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- United States v. Samuel Duncan, Jr., Grace Duncan, Gay Nell Duncan, Marshall Sutton, Angela F. Turner, Arthur D. Wilson, and Oscar L. WilsonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1991
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