McNabb in the News (10/12/06)

Senior Principal Douglas McNabb has been quoted by Raleigh’s News & Observer in an article about Kevin L. Geddings.

THE LEGAL STRATEGY

The "honest services" statute was first established as case law, then enacted by Congress in 1988. It is coupled with mail and wire fraud laws. Prosecutors often pursue violations of it instead of trying to establish a more defined instance of corruption.
"This is easier to prove -- so much easier than public corruption, which gets into whether someone received a benefit in exchange for an action," said Douglas McNabb, a … defense lawyer who has handled such cases.^[1]

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[1] What Each Side in the Geddings Trial Wants Jurors to Focus On, Raleigh News & Observer, Oct. 12, 2006.