State v. O'Flynn

The defendant, James O’Flynn, was convicted in a jury-waived trial of extorting campaign contributions from two of his deputies and one deputy applicant in the defendant’s bid for reelection as Hillsborough County Sheriff. See RSA 637:5; cf. RSA 640:1 (excludes the mere giving or receiving of campaign contributions from coverage of RSA chapter 640, dealing with corrupt practices). For each of the three instances, evidence was presented that the defendant extorted the contributions by threatening not to appoint the victim to a full-time deputy position. The amount of money verified at trial to…