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USA v. Silver

  1. August 25, 2016

    Silver Can Stay Free Pending Appeal, Thanks To McDonnell

    The Manhattan federal judge who sentenced former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver to 12 years in prison after a jury convicted him of corruption charges on Thursday said he can remain free pending appeal, citing the potential impact of the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark ruling in McDonnell v. U.S.

  2. August 18, 2016

    Feds Say 2nd Circ. Decision Bodes Ill For Sheldon Silver

    Prosecutors intent on keeping former New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver in jail while he appeals a corruption conviction wasted no time highlighting the Second Circuit's decision on Wednesday tossing former Assemblyman Eric A. Stevenson's bribery appeal.

  3. August 08, 2016

    Silver Can't Lean On Skelos Case For Bail Bid, Judge Told

    Prosecutors urged a New York federal judge to reject former New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver's bid to stay out of prison pending the appeal of his corruption conviction, saying Silver's arguments aren't strengthened by another ex-politician's successful bail motion in a supposedly similar case.

  4. August 02, 2016

    Sheldon Silver Says Bail, Not Jail, Warranted During Appeal

    Former New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver says he'll likely be awarded a new trial on appeal, given the U.S. Supreme Court's recent overhaul of the anti-corruption laws underlying his November conviction, and urged a federal judge Tuesday to keep him out of prison in the meantime.

  5. May 18, 2016

    Sheldon Silver's Sentence On Hold For McDonnell Ruling

    Former New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver can stay out of prison over the summer while the U.S. Supreme Court mulls a ruling that could change the anti-corruption laws behind his conviction, a New York federal judge said on Wednesday.

  6. May 03, 2016

    Sheldon Silver Gets 12 Years For Corruption

    Former New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver on Tuesday was sentenced to 12 years in prison after being found guilty of corruption charges stemming from a purported scheme to gain nearly $5 million in exchange for legislative action and state funding.

  7. April 20, 2016

    Feds Want 14 Years For Sheldon Silver, Who Seeks Less Time

    The government on Wednesday urged a New York federal judge to sentence ex-New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver to more than 14 years in prison after he was convicted in a $5 million corruption scheme, and Silver asked for a reduced sentence.

  8. April 15, 2016

    Affairs Counter Sheldon Silver's Character Claim, Gov't Says

    Former New York State Assembly speaker Sheldon Silver may have had affairs with two women and used his then-position to give them preferential treatment, according to court filings unsealed Friday that prosecutors say are germane to the scheduled May 3 sentencing of the fallen New York Democratic heavyweight.

  9. April 14, 2016

    'Public Figure' From Sheldon Silver's Past To Be Identified

    U.S. District Judge Valerie E. Caproni on Thursday declined a last-ditch effort to have details about Sheldon Silver's past ties to a "public figure" kept secret, ties that she has deemed relevant to the scheduled May 3 sentencing of the former New York top Democrat convicted of graft.

  10. March 18, 2016

    Sheldon Silver Says Gov't Misled Jury In Corruption Trial

    Sheldon Silver, the former speaker of the New York State Assembly, continued his push for an acquittal or new trial Thursday after his November conviction on corruption charges, telling a New York federal judge that the U.S. government biased the jury through its presentation of evidence.

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