[Download] "United States V. Westmoreland" by United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit * Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: United States V. Westmoreland
- Author : United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
- Release Date : January 23, 1988
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 70 KB
Description
A county supervisor appeals her convictions for bribery, extortion, and mail fraud because she took kickbacks in purchases of county materials. She asserts that a federal statute prohibiting theft or bribery concerning federally funded programs does not apply to cases involving only state funds, that the district court wrongly admitted unduly prejudicial evidence, that the government's proof of her criminal predisposition failed to overcome her entrapment defense, and that there was insufficient evidence of extortion and mail fraud. We conclude that none of these arguments warrants reversal of the convictions.