Legal Opinion
United States v. Hines
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided September 8, 2008No. 07-2685PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge.
Curley Hines, a deputy sheriff in St. Louis County, Missouri, was convicted on ten counts of accepting bribes in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 666(a)(1)(B), one count of aiding another deputy to do the same, and one count of conspiracy. He was sentenced by the district court 1 to 38 months’ imprisonment and now appeals, raising three issues: that a violation of § 666 requires a nexus between the federal funds and the offense charged; that the transactions charged within each count did not reach the minimum amount required under the statute; and that his conspiracy conviction…
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