An appeal from the former New York governor’s top aide forced the Supreme Court to consider how bribery convictions could impact political lobbying.
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The U.S. Supreme Court has tossed out the fraud conviction of Joseph Percoco, the one-time powerful top aide and longtime pal of ex-Governor Andrew Cuomo.
The Supreme Court on Thursday sided with a former aide of then-New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Joseph Percoco, who argued that a federal anti-bribery statute should not have been used to convict him.
The Supreme Court scaled back a public corruption law in its unanimous decision Thursday to toss a former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo aide's bribery conviction.
The Supreme Court has ruled for a onetime top aide to ex-New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and for others who were convicted of corruption related to an economic development project
The Supreme Court on Thursday reversed the conviction of Joseph Percoco, the manager of former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s re-election campaign who was sentenced to six years in prison after he took money in exchange for helping to facilitate a real estate development. Percoco was convicted of viol
Supreme Court justices unanimously ruled in favor of a former Cuomo aide in relation to the "Buffalo Billions" case. The justices all claimed they had a problem with the conviction.
The cases grew out of the "Buffalo Billion" development project, which was intended to revitalize parts of Buffalo and other areas in upstate New York.
