United States v. Gerald Peden

Gerald Peden appeals from his bribery conviction following a jury trial in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Thomas F. Croake, J. At trial evidence was presented relating to three alleged conspiracies and a number of alleged substantive violations involving a taxpayer representative and several Internal Revenue Service special agents, including Peden. Following completion of the Government’s case, Judge Croake dismissed five of the nine counts against Peden; the jury convicted him on two of the remaining four counts, acquitting him on the other two. 1

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