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“Can Robert Menendez’s Bribery Conviction Survive an Appeal?”

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NYT:

After Senator Robert Menendez was found guilty of bribery and corruption charges, his lawyers said they would appeal his conviction aggressively and expected that he would be vindicated.

Defense lawyers make such claims routinely, but in the realm of federal corruption cases, there has been some reason to be optimistic. The U.S. Supreme Court, in rulings since 2010, has narrowed the legal definition of corruption, resulting in a number of convictions of political figures in New York and elsewhere being overturned.

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Five law profs file amicus in bribery/Hobbs Act case

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The full brief, which was filed with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, is on SSRN:

This brief—filed by five law professors as amici curiae in United States v. Sittenfeld, No. 23-3840 (6th Cir.)—argues that the “clear and unambiguous” test supplies the appropriate standard for determining whether an alleged quid pro quo involving an otherwise-legal campaign contribution satisfies the explicitness requirement under McCormick v. United States, 500 U.S. 257 (1991).

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