Legal Opinion
United States v. Louis Willis
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided December 13, 2016No. 15-2264PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
(December 13, 2016)
Fuentes, Circuit Judge.
Louis Milton Willis, the former Executive Director of the Legislature of the U.S. Virgin Islands, appeals his conviction on two counts of federal programs bribery and two counts of federal extortion. From about 2009 to 2011, the Legislature’s main building on the island of St. Thomas underwent major renovations, which required the Legislature to seek out contractors. The United States claims that, during this period, Willis engaged in a pattern of corrupt conduct involving several contractors working on the renovations.…
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