Legal Opinion
United States v. Herbert G. Jennings
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided April 16, 1973No. 441, Docket 72-1846PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MANSFIELD, Circuit Judge:
The principal, and somewhat novel, issue raised by this appeal is whether, before a defendant may be convicted of offering a bribe to a public official in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 201(b)(1), 1 the Government must establish that the defendant knew the offeree to be a federal official acting in his capacity as such. We hold that such knowledge is not an essential element of the crime and, finding no merit in appellant’s other contentions, we affirm his conviction.
Appellant was indicted for corruptly offering to give the sum of $400 per month to two FBI agents, David…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Allen v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
- Pettibone v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
- United States v. John Joseph Lombardozzi, Daniel Joseph Marino, Michael Joseph Zampello,camillo Charles Lombardozzi and George LombardozziCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1964
- United States v. TannuzzoCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1949
- United States v. Rudolph VilhottiCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1971
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3Cited by35 opinions
- United States v. Cecil RobinsonCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1977
- United States v. Tyrone B. Diggs, United States of America v. Garrett J. Keys, United States of America v. Percy Floyd, (Two Cases)Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1975
- Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 94,517 United States of America v. Philip Zane, and Morton S. KaplanCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1974
- United States v. Louis Gustav LefaivreCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1975
- Lewis v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1978
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