Supreme Court Considers ‘Honest Services’ Law As Prosecutors Seek 97 Months For Former NY Senate Leader Bruno

We’ve mentioned before the “theft of honest services” cases before the U.S. Supreme Court, and the felony “honest services” mail fraud conviction of Joseph L. Bruno, who was one of the top three people in charge of New York government when he was Senate Majority Leader. Bruno is about to be sentenced, and prosecutors are seeking a 97 month jail term. Defense lawyers William J. Dreyer and April M. Wilson argue that the 81 year old disgraced Bruno should not be put in prison at all. 

Prior posts about Bruno and the honest services fight are at: http://www.financialfraudlaw.com/lawblog/%E2%80%98theft-honest-services%E2%80%99-trial-former-ny-senate-leader-bruno-begins-today/445; http://www.financialfraudlaw.com/lawblog/%E2%80%9Chonest-services%E2%80%9D-law-issue-three-supreme-court-cases-term/371; http://www.financialfraudlaw.com/lawblog/%E2%80%98honest-services%E2%80%99-law-begins-face-supreme-court-tests/551; http://www.financialfraudlaw.com/lawblog/all-snow-ny-we-look-forward-march-%E2%80%93-and-supreme-court-argument-skilling-case/772; http://www.financialfraudlaw.com/lawblog/more-kudos-preview-2010%E2%80%99s-white-collar-trials-and-tribulations/609; http://www.financialfraudlaw.com/lawblog/jail-former-nyc-police-commissioner-looks-it/458; and http://www.financialfraudlaw.com/lawblog/group%E2%80%99s-top-10-ethics-scandals-2009-highlights-madoff-and-more/608.