Heart of Dixie · Trouble on Goat Hill
Envelopes in the Sewer Office
United States v. White (2011)
Charge: Federal-funds bribery and conspiracy (9 counts) - taking cash from an engineer whose firm won county sewer contractsCourt: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit (appeal from N.D. Ala., No. 7:07-cr-00448)Docket: Trouble on Goat Hill
Was the cash a bribe for the commissioner's votes on the engineer's contracts?
The facts
Gary White served 16 years as a Jefferson County commissioner and headed the county's Environmental Services Department from 2002 to 2005. During that period Sohan Singh, owner of an engineering firm, gave White about $22,000 in cash in envelopes of $1,000 to $4,000. Singh's firm received about 48 contracts worth roughly $1.1 million in fees, and White voted to approve 45 of them. White's defense argued the evidence did not show the cash was tied to his official acts.
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. White, United States v. White, No. 10-13654 (11th Cir. Nov. 29, 2011) (published); earlier appeal United States v. White, 590 F.3d 1210 (11th Cir. 2009)
Read more at media.ca11.uscourts.gov. The source reveals the outcome.