Matter of Coruzzi

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• observing that “sufficient countervailing interests” may make collateral estoppel inappropriate
• discussing the defendant's three bribery convictions, two where \he received the money\ and a third conviction where \he solicited the bribe but never received it\
• noting collateral estoppel should not apply when \sufficient countervailing interests\ exist
• court not required to give collateral estoppel effect to the factual determination behind a judge’s bribery conviction given the “unique nature of [the] proceedings”
• “essence of the[se] prohibitions is to forbid states to enact any law that imposes a punishment for an act that was not punishable at the time committed, or that imposes additional punishment to that then described”
• doctrine of collateral estoppel not mandated by constitution or statute

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