Petition of the day
By Aurora Barnes
on Nov 15, 2017

Banner sketch for argument in Reed v. Town of Gilbert
Thepetition of the day is:
17-562
Issues:(1) Whether 18 U.S.C. 1957 requires the government to trace funds in a transaction involving a withdrawal from a commingled account, precluding a conviction where the account contains sufficient clean funds to cover the transfer; and (2) whether the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit contravened the Supreme Court’s decisions inSekhar v. United StatesandSkilling v. United Statesby finding sufficient evidence to support Petitioner’s convictions for extortion and honest services fraud.
Posted in Cases in the Pipeline
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Recommended Citation:
Aurora Barnes,
Petition of the day,
SCOTUSblog (Nov. 15, 2017, 12:00 AM),
https://www.scotusblog.com/2017/11/petition-of-the-day-1263/