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U.S. v. JEFFERSON

No. 09-5130.

674 F.3d 332 (2012)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. William J. JEFFERSON, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: March 26, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Lawrence Robbins , Robbins, Russell, Englert, Orseck, Untereiner & Sauber, LLP, Washington, D.C., for Appellant. Mark D. Lytle , Office of the United States Attorney, Alexandria, Virginia, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Robert P. Trout, Amy Berman Jackson , Gloria B. Solomon , Trout Cacheris, PLLC, Washington, D.C.; Mark A. Hiller , Robbins, Russell, Englert, Orseck, Untereiner & Sauber, LLP, Washington, D.C., for Appellant. Neil H. MacBride , United States Attorney, David B. Goodhand , Assistant United States Attorney, Rebeca H. Bellows , Assistant United States Attorney, Charles E. Duross , Special Assistant United States Attorney, Amanda Aikman , Special Assistant United States Attorney, Office of the United States Attorney, Alexandria, Virginia, for Appellee.

Affirmed in part, vacated in part, and remanded by published opinion. Judge KING wrote the opinion, in which Judge NIEMEYER and Judge DUNCAN concurred.

OPINION

KING, Circuit Judge:

In August 2009, former Louisiana congressman William J. Jefferson was convicted in the Eastern District of Virginia of eleven offenses—including conspiracy, wire fraud, bribery, money laundering, and racketeering—arising from his involvement in multiple bribery and fraud schemes. Jefferson has appealed his convictions on several grounds: (1) that an erroneous instruction was given to the jury with respect to the...

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