USA v. O'Donovan
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October 16, 2023
Atty Wants Entrapment Defense Kept Open In Bribery Trial
A Massachusetts attorney wants a federal judge to nix prosecutors' attempt to lock him into an entrapment defense before his trial over whether he floated a bribery scheme in order to get a client's cannabis shop to market, urging the court to instead decide whether an entrapment instruction is warranted based on the evidence at the trial.
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July 19, 2023
Atty Fails Again To Toss Pot Shop Bribery Charges
A Massachusetts attorney charged with floating a bribery scheme to get a client's pot shop opened can't wield either the First Circuit's "Varsity Blues" ruling or a recent U.S. Supreme Court case reeling in honest services fraud prosecutions to sink the indictment against him, a judge said Wednesday.
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June 20, 2023
Pot Shop Bribery Case Is Outside Fraud Law's Core, Atty Says
A defense attorney for a Massachusetts lawyer charged with wire fraud for lobbying to get a marijuana shop opened told a Boston federal judge Tuesday that prosecutors have fallen short of requirements adopted by the First Circuit when it unraveled two parents' convictions in the "Varsity Blues" case.
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May 22, 2023
'Varsity Blues' Ruling Unravels Pot Case, Indicted Atty Says
A Massachusetts attorney said Monday that the recent First Circuit ruling throwing out convictions in the "Varsity Blues" college admissions case also undercuts the government's claims that his lobbying to get a marijuana shop opened amounts to wire fraud.
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November 07, 2022
Mass. Attorney Can't Escape Pot Shop Bribery Charges
A Massachusetts attorney lost a bid Monday to toss bribery charges stemming from his efforts to lobby the relative of a city's police chief to have the official back a marijuana company's application for a local retail license.
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October 19, 2022
Feds Can Screen Atty's Phone In Pot Shop Bribe Case
Federal investigators won court approval Tuesday to screen the phone of an attorney accused of trying to bribe a police chief to secure his client's pot shop bid, despite the lawyer's claim that any government review of client communications would violate attorney-client privilege.
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October 03, 2022
Feds Slam Misconduct Claims In Pot Shop Bribery Case
Boston federal prosecutors have asked a court to reject claims of government misconduct and overreach in their case accusing a pot shop attorney of attempting to bribe a police chief.
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September 08, 2022
Pot Shop Atty Rips FBI Effort To 'Manufacture' Bribery Case
A Massachusetts attorney accused of attempting to bribe a police chief to approve a pot shop in his town called the charges against him "manufactured" by the FBI, according to a motion to dismiss Thursday.
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August 25, 2022
Mass. Pot Shop Atty Says 'Pay To Play' Was Just Lobbying
A Massachusetts attorney Thursday pushed to dismiss charges that he tried to bribe a police chief to influence the approval of a pot shop in which the lawyer had a financial stake, arguing his conduct was legally justifiable lobbying activity.
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June 24, 2022
Mass. Atty Charged In Pot Shop 'Pay-To-Play' Scheme
A Massachusetts attorney floated an illegal "pay-to-play scheme" to bribe a local police chief for his vote of approval for a proposed marijuana store in the city, federal prosecutors said Friday.
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