Legal Opinion
United States v. Potter
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided September 8, 2006No. 05-2676, 05-2677, 05-2678PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOUDIN, Chief Judge.
These are appeals by three defendants' — two individuals, Daniel Bucci and Nigel Potter, and a business entity, LPRI, LLC (“Lincoln Park”) — convicted after a jury trial of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and of multiple counts of wire fraud. 18 U.S.C. §§ 371, 1343, 1346 (2000). The essence of the scheme charged by the government was to bribe the then-speaker of the Rhode Island House of Representatives, John Harwood, to influence state legislation in ways favorable to Lincoln Park.
Lincoln Park ran a gambling facility and dog track in Lincoln, Rhode Island. The company was…
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