Legal Opinion
United States v. David J. Shields and Pasquale F. Deleo
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 27, 1993No. 92-1683, 92-2237PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge.
A jury convicted David J. Shields, chief judge of the Chancery Division of the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, of taking $5,000 or perhaps $6,000 from a lawyer named Pasquale F. DeLeo to fix a ease. Shields was sentenced by Judge Rovner to thirty-seven months in prison plus three years of supervised release; DeLeo got a thirty-three-month sentence and two years of supervised release. 1 Shields’ defense at trial, and the focus of his appeal to this Court, is that as a judge with twenty years’ experience on the bench and an impeccable (until now) reputation, he…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Stirone v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- United States v. John M. MurphyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1985
- United States v. Norman ArcherCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1973
- United States v. Thomas YorkCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1991
- United States v. Orlando ZapataCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1989
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3Cited by39 opinions
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- United States v. Adam Stillo, Sr. And Joseph T. StilloCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1995
- United States v. Ronald B. EvansCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1994
- United States v. Feilberto Flores, Angel L. Fontanez and Amador Rodriguez, Feilberto Flores, and Amador Rodriguez v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1993
- United States v. Bernard J. Morgano, Dominick Palermo, Nicholas Guzzino, Peter Petros, Sam Nuzzo, Jr. And Samuel GloriosoCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1994
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