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UNITED STATES v. MURPHY

Nos. 84-2398, 85-1401.

768 F.2d 1518 (1985)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. John M. MURPHY, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 19, 1985.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied September 27, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anna R. Lavin, Edward V. Hanrahan, Chicago, Ill., for defendant-appellant.

Daniel C. Murray, Asst. U.S. Atty., Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before CUDAHY and EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judges, and SWYGERT, Senior Circuit Judge.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied September 27, 1985.

EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.

John M. Murphy was an Associate Judge of the Circuit Court of Cook County from 1972 until 1984. He was indicted in 1983 and charged with accepting bribes to fix the outcome of hundreds of cases, from drunk driving to battery to felony theft. Some of the counts on which he was convicted grew out of contrived cases staged by the FBI and federal prosecutors as part of Operation...

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