Legal Opinion
United States v. Bernard Watkins
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided August 17, 2012No. 10-4076PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCook, J., joined by Cox, D.J.,
MERRITT, J. (pp. 854-56), delivered a separate opinion dissenting in part.
OPINION
COOK, Circuit Judge.
Defendant Bernard K. Watkins, an African-American supervisor of security-systems contracts for a school district in Cleveland, Ohio, corruptly solicited and obtained money from a contractor of security cameras. An all-white jury found him guilty of two counts of attempted extortion “under color of official right” in violation of the Hobbs Act, 18 U.S.C. § 1951,1 and one count of bribery in a federally funded program in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 666(a)(1)(B).2 At sentencing, the district court…
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