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U.S. v. FERNANDEZ

Nos. 12-1289, 12-1290.

722 F.3d 1 (2013)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Juan Bravo FERNANDEZ; Hector Martínez Maldonado, Defendants, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

June 26, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martin G. Weinberg, with whom David Z. Chesnoff, Chesnoff & Schonfeld, Kimberly Homan, Jose A. Pagan, and Pagan Law Offices were on brief, for appellant Bravo Fernandez.

Abbe David Lowell, with whom Christopher D. Man and Chadbourne & Parke LLP were on brief, for appellant Martínez Maldonado.

Peter M. Koski, Deputy Chief, Criminal Division, Public Integrity Section, United States Department of Justice, with whom Lanny A. Breuer, Assistant Attorney General, and Mary Patrice Brown, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, were on brief, for appellee.

Before HOWARD, LIPEZ, and THOMPSON, Circuit Judges.

LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.

This case presents multiple issues of substantial importance, including a question of first impression in this circuit on the interpretation of the federal program bribery statute, 18 U.S.C. § 666. Defendants are a Puerto Rico legislator and a Commonwealth businessman who were charged, inter alia, with unlawfully exchanging a trip to Las Vegas to attend a prize fight for favorable action on legislation...

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