U.S. v. BONITO

No. 1125, Docket 94-1273.

57 F.3d 167 (1995)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Benjamin BONITO, Jr., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided June 8, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven Duke, New Haven, CT (Robert Casale, Branford, CT, Ashlie Berenger, Shawn Chen, Allegra Lawrence, Richard St. John and Grant Vinik, New Haven, CT, on brief), for appellant Bonito.

Joseph C. Hutchinson, Asst. U.S. Atty., New Haven, CT (Christopher F. Droney, U.S. Atty., on the brief), for appellee.

Before: NEWMAN, Chief Judge, VAN GRAAFEILAND and COFFIN, Circuit Judges.


COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge.

Benjamin Bonito was convicted of violating 18 U.S.C. § 666,1 which proscribes bribery of officials of public and private entities receiving federal funds, and conspiracy to violate § 666. He was indicted for giving an automobile to a city of New Haven real estate official to influence the purchase of his "Bonito Village" by the state-created New Haven Housing Authority, and also to steer New Haven...

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