U.S. v. SLONE

No. 03-6427.

411 F.3d 643 (2005)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Phillip SLONE, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: June 3, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Chad A. Readler, Jones Day, Columbus, Ohio, for Appellant.

Sabrina A. Houlton, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Appellee.

Sabrina A. Houlton, Richard C. Pilger, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., Charles P. Wisdom, Jr., Assistant United States Attorney, Lexington, Kentucky, for Appellee.

Before: SUHRHEINRICH and GIBBONS, Circuit Judges, LAWSON, District Judge.


OPINION

LAWSON, District Judge.

The defendant, Phillip Slone, appeals his guilty-plea-based conviction and sentence for vote buying in a federal election in violation of 42 U.S.C. § 1973i(c) on three grounds. First, he claims that since his conduct related solely to a candidate for a county office, albeit in an election in which federal offices were on the ballot, the facts he admitted at his guilty plea hearing did not constitute a basis to find him...

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