where an Illinois bribery statute was found not to contain a quid pro quo requirement and the court cited Lapham for the proposition that: “no particular act need be contemplated by the offeror or offeree [of the bribe]. There is bribery if the offer is made with intent that the offeree act favorably to the offeror when necessary”
How later courts described this case
- where an Illinois bribery statute was found not to contain a quid pro quo requirement and the court cited Lapham for the proposition that: “no particular act need be contemplated by the offeror or offeree [of the bribe]. There is bribery if the offer is made with intent that the offeree act favorably to the offeror when necessary”
- affirming admissibility of Illinois Racing Board members’ testimony regarding the steps they would have taken had they known of a concealed interest in certain matters
- “[W]hen ... defendants challenge joinder and do not restrict their attack to those offenses which pertain solely to them, Rule 8(b) applies” (emphasis supplied).
- joinder under Rule 8 proper where the "underlying crime generated the income tax violations"
Written by the judges who cited it.
The opinion
PETITION FOR REHEARING
ORDER
1. The petition for rehearing of defendant-appellant Theodore J. Isaacs is denied.
2. The petition for rehearing of defendant-appellant Otto Kerner, Jr., is denied.