Publication Date
Fall 2010
Document Type
Article
Organizational Units
Sturm College of Law
Keywords
Honest services, Fraud, Bribery, Supreme Court
Abstract
In Skilling v. United States, the U.S. Supreme Court substantially narrowed the reach of the “honest services fraud” statute, 18 U.S.C. § 1346, by holding that it applies only to “bribery and kickback schemes,” not to “undisclosed self-dealing by a public official or private employee.” Skilling v. United States, 130 S. Ct. 2896 (2010). Two companion cases also were decided the same day. See Black v. United States, 130 S. Ct. 2963 (2010); Weyhrauch v. United States, 130 S. Ct. 2971 (2010). These decisions have major significance for federal fraud prosecutions.
Copyright Date
2010
Copyright Statement / License for Reuse
All Rights Reserved.
Publication Statement
Published in Criminal Litigation, Vol. 11, No. 1, Fall 2010, by the American Bar Association. Reproduced with permission. All rights reserved. This information or any portion thereof may not be copied or disseminated in any form or by any means or stored in an electronic database or retrieval system without the express written consent of the American Bar Association or the copyright holder.
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File Format
application/pdf
Publication Title
Criminal Litigation
Volume
11
Issue
1
First Page
1
Last Page
4
Recommended Citation
Iris E. Bennett et al., Honest Services after Skilling: Judicial, Prosecutorial and Legislative Responses, 11 Crim. Litig., no. 1, at 1 (2010).