Silver v. United States

Petition for certiorari denied on January 16, 2018

Docket No.	Argument	Opinion	Vote	Author	Term
17-562	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	OT 2017

Issue: (1) Whether 18 U.S.C. " 1957 requires the government to trace funds in a transaction involving a withdrawal from a commingled account, precluding a conviction where the account contains sufficient clean funds to cover the transfer; and (2) whether the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit contravened the Supreme Court's decisions in Sekhar v. United States and Skilling v. United States by finding sufficient evidence to support Petitioner's convictions for extortion and honest services fraud.

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Petition of the day (Aurora Barnes, November 15, 2017)

Date	Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
10/11/2017	Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 13, 2017)
11/09/2017	Order extending time to file response to petition to and including December 13, 2017.
12/13/2017	Brief of respondent United States in opposition filed.
12/22/2017	Reply of petitioner Sheldon Silver filed.
12/27/2017	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/12/2018.
01/16/2018	Petition DENIED.