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U.S. v. PELETI

No. 08-1507.

576 F.3d 377 (2009)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Peleti PELETI, Jr., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 4, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey B. Lang (argued), Attorney, Office of the United States Attorney, Rock Island, IL, Joseph H. Hartzler, Attorney, Office of the United States Attorney, Springfield, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Paul L. Alaga (argued), Romero & Alaga, San Fransisco, CA, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge, and MANION and WOOD, Circuit Judges.

WOOD, Circuit Judge.

During the time he was stationed in Kuwait, Peleti Peleti, Jr., then a Chief Warrant Officer in the U.S. Army, accepted a bag containing $50,000 from a local contractor who sought Peleti's help in obtaining a contract to supply flatware and paper products to the U.S. Army in Iraq. Peleti pleaded guilty to bribery and smuggling bulk cash into the United States, but he later changed his mind and tried to persuade the district court to allow him...

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