Supreme Court Rules Bribery Statute Doesn’t Criminalize Gratuities for Past Acts
Constitutional Law Reporter
JULY 23, 2024
By contrast, if a federal official accepts a prohibited gratuity, federal gratuities law sets a 2-year maximum prison sentence pursuant to §201(c). As enacted in 1984, the statute at issue in the case, 18 U.S.C. The case before the Court involves James Snyder, who is the former mayor of Portage, Indiana.
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