UNITED STATES v. BURNETTE

No. 21-13990.

65 F.4th 591 (2023)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. John Thomas BURNETTE, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

Filed: April 11, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew Jabus Grogan , Stephen M. Kunz , Assistant U.S. Attorney, DOJ-USAO, Civil Division, Tallahassee, FL, William Connor Winn , U.S. Department of Justice, Criminal Division, Appellate Section, Washington, DC, Robert G. Davies , U.S. Attorney Service — Northern District of Florida, U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of Florida, Pensacola, FL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Amy Mason Saharia , Simon Latcovich , Eden Schiffmann , Williams & Connolly, LLP, Washington, DC, Jordan Louis Behlman , Gregory William Kehoe , Kayli Danielle Smendec , Greenberg Traurig, PA, Tampa, FL, R. Timothy G. Jansen , Attorney, Jansen & Davis, P.A., Tallahassee, FL, Adam Jared Komisar , Adam Jared Komisar Law Office, Tallahassee, FL, Michael Robert Ufferman , Michael Ufferman Law Firm, PA, Tallahassee, FL, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before Jordan, Rosenbaum, and Newsom, Circuit Judges.


Real-estate developer John Burnette was convicted on multiple counts arising out of his alleged complicity in the bribery of Tallahassee City Commissioner Scott Maddox. On appeal, Burnette challenges his bribery-based convictions on several grounds, two of which require us to carefully examine the Supreme Court's decision...

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