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Timestamp: 2017-11-24 19:00:02
Document Index: 400382874

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 201', '§ 371', '§ 1623', '§ 371', '§ 201', '§ 1623']

WILLIAM DEL TORO AND WILLIAM KAUFMAN, DEFENDANTS-APPELLANTS
Appellants were convicted by a jury before Hon. Whitman Knapp, United States District Judge for the Southern District of New York of the crimes of bribing a federal public official in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 201, of conspiracy to defraud the United States of its lawful functions in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 371, and of several counts respectively of making false declarations in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1623. The Court of Appeals held, Gurfein, Circuit Judge, that the person "bribed," and employee of New York City, was not a federal "public official" within the meaning of Section 201 and that the conviction on the substantive counts must be reversed. The Court held further that a conspiracy to defraud the United States was proved, and that the contention of appellant Kaufman that he was improperly convicted of the crime of making a false declaration because of his alleged recantation is rejected and the false declaration convictions, as well as the conspiracy conviction, are affirmed.
The indictment charged appellants and a third defendant, Ralph Ruocco,*fn1 with conspiracy to defraud the United States, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 371, and with bribing a public official, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 201(b) and 2. In addition, each individual defendant was charged with several counts of perjury, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1623.
On February 16 Kaufman again asked for full immunity or for a chance to plead to a gratuity count in return for his continued cooperation. Informed that this arrangement would be impossible, Kaufman withdrew from his agreement to cooperate with the Government. He appeared once more before the Grand Jury, but failed to testify further on advice of counsel. Kaufman also warned Ruocco by ...