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Chief Judge Of Traffic Court

United States v. LeFevour (1986)

Charge: Racketeering; mail fraud; filing false tax returnsCourt: U.S. Court of Appeals, 7th Cir.State: IllinoisDocket: The Bench on Trial

The facts

The presiding judge of a big city's traffic court ran a scheme for about fourteen years, prosecutors said. He took bribes to throw out drunk-driving cases. He killed parking tickets in return for free use of cars and of a copying machine. He collected monthly payments from lawyers so that they could hunt for clients inside his courthouse. He also filed tax returns that left the money out. He denied that what he received were bribes at all.

You have the facts the court had. Guilty or not guilty? Call it in the game with your friends, then see what the court actually decided. Wrong call, you drink.

Citation: United States v. LeFevour, 798 F.2d 977 (7th Cir. 1986)

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