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Public Corruption Prosecutions in New York

This article focuses on the example of New York State and the prosecution of public corruption offenses under that state's law. A case in point is the recent prosecution of former New York State comptroller Alan Hevesi, in which then Attorney General Andrew Cuomo effectively used a statute other than bribery to prosecute public corruption.

19 minute read March 27, 2012 at 11:20 AM
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Daniel G. Cort and Daniel R. Alonso
Public Corruption Prosecutions in New York

The Supreme Court's decision in Skilling v. United States, 561 U.S. ___ (2010), in which the Court limited the federal honest services mail fraud doctrine to cases involving bribes and kickbacks, dealt the federal government a setback.

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