First Circuit· 8/21/2013

United States v. McDonough

Citations

727 F.3d 143
2013 WL 4459062
2013 U.S. App. LEXIS 17531

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explaining that proof of conspiracy \may include the defendants' acts that furthered the conspiracy's purposes\
stating that \[b]ribery can be accomplished through an ongoing course of conduct\ (quoting United States v. Ganim , 510 F.3d 134 , 149 (2nd Cir. 2007) )
“[Assuming that [the district court refused to instruct the jury on] a required element, the evidence was more than sufficient to support the convictions.... [Thus,] we are confident that the same result would have obtained if [the jury was properly instructed].”
considering nominally procedural issue \to the extent that it bears on the reasonableness of [the defendant's] sentence\
declining “to follow McCormick v. United States” because “we have held that McCormick applies only in the context of campaign contributions”
\[A]n agreement to join a conspiracy may . . . be proved by direct or circumstantial evidence.\ (internal citations and quotation marks omitted)

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Judges: Howard, Souter, Lipez

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