United States v. Nelson, No. 12-11066 (11th Cir. 2013)
Annotate this CaseDefendant, a former member of the Jacksonville Port Authority's board of directors, was convicted of honest-services mail fraud, federal funds bribery, conspiracy to commit mail fraud and bribery, and several other crimes predicated on these offenses. On appeal, defendant challenged his convictions. The court rejected defendant's contention that the fraud and bribery statutes under which he was convicted were unconstitutionally vague as applied in this case; the district court properly instructed the jury on what constituted a "bribe" for purposes of his honest-services and federal funds bribery charges; and the district court did not clearly err or apply the wrong standard in admitting the testimony of the director of procurement. Accordingly, the court affirmed the judgment.
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