No. 21-605
David Lynn Roberson v. United States
Tags: bribery bribery-prosecution circuit-split civil-rights due-process federal-programs first-amendment free-speech issue-advocacy official-action quid-pro-quo
Latest Conference:
2022-02-18
Related Cases:
21-706
(Vide)
Question Presented (from Petition)
1. Whether, in a bribery prosecution based on issue-advocacy payments that would otherwise enjoy First Amendment protection, the government must prove that the payments were explicitly linked to official action.
2. Whether a jury must be instructed that merely "expressing support" for a policy cannot support conviction under the federal bribery laws.
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether the government must prove explicit link between issue-advocacy payments and official action in bribery prosecution
Docket Entries
2022-02-22
Petition DENIED.
2022-01-12
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/18/2022.
2022-01-11
Reply of petitioner David Lynn Roberson filed. (Distributed)
2021-11-18
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including December 27, 2021.
2021-11-16
Motion to extend the time to file a response from November 26, 2021 to December 27, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
2021-10-22
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 26, 2021)
Attorneys
David Lynn Roberson
Jacob Moshe Roth — Jones Day, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. Prelogar — Solicitor General, Respondent