United States v. Trudie P. Westmoreland

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• holding that direct involvement of federal funds in transaction is not an essential element of bribery charge under S 666
• finding “overwhelming” tape recordings of the defendant discussing a kickback scheme with an undercover government agent and laughingly accepting his money
• finding no prejudicial impact in part because references to the defendant’s guilty associates did not “permeate the record”
• finding “overwhelming” tape recordings of the defendant discussing a kickback scheme with an undercover government agent and laughingly accepting his money
• reviewing legislative history \ `as an additional tool of analysis' with the recognition that our inquiry will result in `a limitation on the plain meaning of the statutory language' only under exceptional circumstances\
• \[T]he amended version of section 666 reinforces our interpretation.... [I]ts legislative history indicates that the relevant changes were `technical' ones.\

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