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U.S. v. BUFFIS

No. 16-1681.

867 F.3d 230 (2017)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Joseph BUFFIS, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

August 14, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Seth Kretzer and Law Offices of Seth Kretzer, Houston, TX, on brief for Appellant.

Francesco Valentini , Attorney, William D. Weinreb , Acting United States Attorney, Kenneth A. Blanco , Acting Assistant Attorney General, and Trevor N. McFadden , Acting Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General, on brief for Appellee.

Before Thompson, Selya, and Barron, Circuit Judges.

Joseph Buffis, our appellant and the town of Lee's (now-former) Chief of Police, took $4,000 from a duo accused of running a house of ill repute — and in return, he promised to halt their prostitution prosecution. Buffis now claims he didn't coerce the duo — they were completely "comfortable" forking over their...

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