One of the suspended Philadelphia Traffic Court judges facing charges related to alleged ticket-fixing is arguing that his indictment should be dismissed because the alleged conduct is not a federal crime, only “compromising unethical judicial conduct.”
Michael J. Sullivan’s counsel argued that the crimes of mail and wire fraud require schemes to deprive victims of legally recognized, vested property rights, and that no “actionable property interest is implicated until a guilty adjudication.”
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