In its first order fully weighing the U.S. Supreme Court’s public corruption precedent, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on Monday upheld the conviction of former state Assemblyman William Boyland Jr.
The circuit in U.S. v. Boyland, 15-3118, found that despite erroneous instruction to jurors by Eastern District Judge Sandra Townes in a number of the honest services counts, the overwhelming facts of the case meant Boyland did not meet the plain error standard.
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