United States v. Gracie, No. 12-2004 (1st Cir. 2013)
Annotate this CaseDefendant, a pharmacist, accepted payments from "Internet pharmacy sites" for whose customers Defendant's employer, a mail-order pharmacy, filled orders. Eventually, Defendant was indicted on charges related to these payments and pled guilty to soliciting and accepting kickbacks. Defendant appealed his sentence, arguing that the district court should have sentenced him for accepting an illegal gratuity rather than for demanding a bribe. The First Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed, holding that because Defendant pled guilty to soliciting and receiving a bribe, not a gratuity, and because recent changes in case law did not provide Defendant with assistance on appeal, the district court did not err in its judgment.
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