United States Third Circuit

Conviction and sentence for bribery and attempting to conceal, harbor, and shield from detection an illegal alien is reversed in part and remanded for resentencing where: 1) defendant did not meet the burden of showing that the court's alleged error in defining the term "official act" in its jury instructions substantially affected the outcome of the proceedings; but 2) no reasonable juror could find that defendant's conduct tended to substantially facilitate an alien's remaining in the United States illegally.

Appellate Information

• Argued 02/12/2008
• Decided 05/27/2008
• Published 05/27/2008

Judges

• Before:  SLOVITER, SMITH, and STAPLETON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Third Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Adrienne U. Wisenberg, Solomon L. Wisenberg, (Argued), Wisenberg & Wisenberg, Washington, D.C., Attorneys for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Sabrina G. Comizzoli, (Argued), George S. Leone, Office of United States Attorney, Newark, N.J., Attorneys for Appellee.