United States First Circuit

The federal gratuities law, 18 USC 201, does not require the government to prove a link between the bribe and a specific act for conviciton under 18 USC 1341; rather, the government need only prove that the defendant used the mail intending to further a scheme to defraud.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/31/2001
• Published 01/31/2001

Judges

• LIPEZ, Circuit Judge., Before BOUDIN, Circuit Judge, CYR, Senior Circuit Judge, and LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Ben T. Clements, Assistant United States Attorney, with whom David S. Mackey, Acting United States Attorney, was on brief, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Thomas R. Kiley, with whom Gregory S. Gilman and Cosgrove, Eisenberg & Kiley, P.C. were on brief, for appellee.