Legal Opinion
United States v. William T. Boston
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided September 30, 1983No. 82-1323PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOLLOWAY, Circuit Judge.
Defendant-appellant William T. Boston brings this timely appeal from his conviction on seven counts of extortion in violation of the Hobbs Act, 18 U.S.C. § 1951, and forty-seven counts of mail fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1341 and 18 U.S.C. § 2. 1 The charges against Boston alleged that he engaged in a practice of taking “kickbacks,” i.e., bribes, from sellers of equipment and supplies that Boston purchased in his capacity as County Commissioner of Major County, Oklahoma. Both the extortion and the mail fraud charges were based directly on Boston’s acceptance of…
2Cases cited25 opinions
- Stirone v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Russell v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Paul John Carbo, Frank Palermo, Joseph Sica, Louis Tom Dragna, and Truman K. Gibson, Jr. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1963
- Parr v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- United States v. MandelCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1979
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3Cited by32 opinions
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- United States v. Alfred Lee ApodacaCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1988
- United States v. NelsonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1998
- United States v. EspinosaCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1985
- United States v. TolesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2002
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