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United States v. DeLaurentis

230 F.3d 659 (2000)

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United States v. DeLaurentis

United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
230 F.3d 659 (2000)

  • Written by Sharon Feldman, JD

Facts

James DeLaurentis (defendant) was the supervisor of detectives for a town police department. One of his duties was to assist the state division of alcoholic-beverage control in enforcing state liquor laws. The police department used federal funds to pay the salary of an additional police officer to patrol the streets. Police officers, including the additional officer, were frequently sent to a particular bar in town to stop fighting, public lewdness, drug sales, underage drinking, disorderly conduct, and public drunkenness. DeLaurentis accepted a bribe to use his influence to convince the town council to renew the bar’s liquor license and was indicted for violating the federal-program-fraud statute, among other charges. DeLaurentis moved to dismiss the federal-program-fraud counts before trial. The district court granted the motion because the government (plaintiff) was unable to show a nexus between the alleged bribes and any federal interest or program. The government appealed.

Rule of Law

Issue

Holding and Reasoning (Fullam, J.)

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