Legal Opinion
McNally v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 24, 1987No. 86-234PublishedCited by 1,263 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice White
This action involves the prosecution of petitioner Gray, a former public official of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, and petitioner McNally, a private individual, for alleged violation of the federal mail fraud statute, 18 U. S. C. § 1341.1 The prosecution’s principal theory of the case, which was accepted by the courts below, was that petitioners’ participation in a self-dealing patronage scheme defrauded the citizens and government of Kentucky of certain “intangible rights,” such as the right to have the Commonwealth’s affairs conducted honestly. We must consider whether the jury charge…
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