U.S. v. Villafranca, No. 99-40593 (5th Cir.) (260 F.3d 374) (July 25, 2001) (Judge Patrick E. Higginbotham)
Loaded on Sept. 1, 2001
published in Punch and Jurists
September 17, 2001
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Informants and Paid Witnesses.
Ramon Amado Villafranca, the defendant in this case, was a state-court prosecutor from Laredo, Texas. He was convicted in Federal court for accepting bribes in exchange for fixing drug cases, in violation of the Hobbs Act (18 U.S.C. § 1951). After his conviction, he appealed on a number of …
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