United States Second Circuit

Conviction of conspiracy to bribe a public official, in violation of 18 U.S.C. section 201(b)(1)(A) and 371 is reversed where evidence at trial was insufficient to permit an inference that defendant was a member of the conspiracy.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/14/2003
• Published 08/14/2003

Judges

• KEARSE, Circuit Judge., Before:  KEARSE, and B.D. PARKER, Circuit Judges, and BERMAN, District Judge .

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Glenn T. Suddaby, United States Attorney for the Northern District of New York, Albany, New York (Richard S. Hartunian, Tina E. Sciocchetti, Assistant United States Attorneys, Albany, New York, of counsel) filed a brief for Appellee., Philip L. Weinstein, New York, New York (The Legal Aid Society, Federal Defender Division, Appeals Bureau, New York, New York, on the brief), argued for Defendant-Appellant.