Ring v. United States
Petition for certiorari denied on October 7, 2013
Issue: (1) Whether a defendant can be convicted of the offense
of honest-services-fraud-by-bribery as defined
in this Court’s decision in United States v. Skilling, in the absence of a quid pro
quo bribery agreement; and
(2) whether the First Amendment permits jurors to
consider evidence of a lobbyist’s legal campaign
contributions, permissibly made to express appreciation
toward and provide election assistance to
political officials, as probative of whether the lobbyist
engaged in corruption by putting other things of
value to similar use.
