The State of Texas v. Louis Ramos

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• recognizing that communities with millions of residents mitigate the risk that an impartial jury cannot be found
• recognizing that communities with millions of residents mitigate the risk that an impartial jury cannot be found
• holding that § 1346 only criminalizes honest services fraud when it involves bribes or kickbacks
• recognizing that a confession is the type of “blatantly prejudicial information … readers or viewers could not reasonably be expected to shut from sight”
• holding that the Honest Services Statute covers only bribery and kickback schemes, but not milder forms of self-dealing
• holding that 18 U.S.C. § 1346 criminalizes only bribery and kickback schemes, not mere self-dealing

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