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Timothy Ray Vasquez v. United States
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, No. 22-10766 · judgment November 7, 2023
Before the decision, modestly above the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a Fifth Circuit decision below, a petition filed soon after the judgment below, and counsel who has filed here before.
Question presented
Does quid pro quo bribery, in the context of an honest services fraud prosecution, permit conviction on the basis that a public official received a benefit in exchange for performing an official act only if a future opportunity to do so should arise?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Franklyn Ray Mickelsen
Broden & Mickelsen
For respondent
Elizabeth B. Prelogar
Solicitor General
Case
Subject area
Criminal Procedure (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Order
Order list, March 18, 2024 · Certiorari denied
Proceedings
- Mar 18 2024Petition DENIED.
- Feb 21 2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/15/2024.
- Feb 13 2024Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
- Feb 02 2024Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 7, 2024)