Legal Opinion
United States v. Murphy
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided October 1, 1999No. 98-2035PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOUDIN, Circuit Judge.
Joseph Murphy, a criminal defense lawyer, was indicted on charges that he participated in an extortion scheme with two Boston police detectives. The detectives, Kenneth Acerra and Walter Robinson, pled guilty to a number of offenses involving a much greater range of misconduct than that for which Murphy was charged. But Murphy stood trial, was convicted by a jury, and now appeals. The evidence offered by the government at trial permitted the jury to find that the following occurred.
Over a substantial period starting in 1990 and extending to 1996, Acerra and Robinson…
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