Legal Opinion
United States v. Richard P. Herman, United States of America v. James J. McCann in No. 78-1282
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided December 27, 1978No. 78-1252, 78-1282PublishedCited by 162 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
GIBBONS, Circuit Judge:
In these consolidated appeals Richard P. Herman (No. 78-1252) and James J. McCann (No. 78-1282), former state court magistrates in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, appeal from judgments of sentence following their conviction for violating the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO).1 We affirm Herman’s conviction but reverse and remand for a new trial in McCann’s case.
The first count of the indictment charged Herman, McCann and others with conspiring to accept bribes offered by a bail bonding firm know as the Levitt Agency for the…
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3Cited by162 opinions
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