U.S. v. SILVER

No. 16-1615-cr August Term 2016.

864 F.3d 102 (2017)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Sheldon SILVER, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: July 13, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

STEVEN F. MOLO , MoloLamken LLP ( Robert K. Kry , Justin V. Shur , MoloLamken LLP; Joel Cohen , Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP, on the brief), New York, NY, for Defendant-Appellant.

ANDREW D. GOLDSTEIN ( Howard S. Master , James McDonald , Karl Metzner , on the brief), for Joon H. Kim, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, New York, NY, for Appellee.

Before: CABRANES, WESLEY, Circuit Judges, and SESSIONS, Judge.


In 2015, the United States Government indicted Sheldon Silver, the former Speaker of the New York State Assembly, on charges of honest services fraud, Hobbs Act extortion, and money laundering. The Government alleged that Silver abused his public position by engaging in two quid pro quo schemes in which...

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