Joseph Percoco, Petitioner v. United States

  1. January 21, 2025

    Victors In Landmark Graft Case Want 2nd Top Court Review

    The defendants who won a landmark 2023 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that narrowed certain types of corruption prosecutions have asked the justices to intervene in their case again, claiming the Second Circuit had wrongly allowed the government to pursue new trials based on a different theory of fraud.

  2. May 11, 2023

    Supreme Court Reins In Corruption Prosecutions Yet Again

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday again limited certain public corruption prosecutions, continuing with a line of decisions which have found that prosecutors and lower courts stretched federal fraud statutes beyond their intended scope.

  3. November 28, 2022

    High Court Seems Inclined To Again Curtail Corruption Cases

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday seemed poised to again limit the government's ability to pursue certain public corruption cases and strike down a theory used to prosecute wire fraud, in two separate but related cases arising from the convictions of a top aide to former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and a construction executive.

  4. November 07, 2022

    Justices Reject Separate Pleading For Developer In Fraud Case

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday denied a request from a developer to argue his case separately as he and a former aide to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo challenge their fraud convictions in a bid-rigging scheme.

  5. October 20, 2022

    Feds Challenge Bid To Vacate Ex-Cuomo Aide's Conviction

    The U.S. Department of Justice has urged the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold the conviction of an aide to former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo for his involvement in a bid-rigging scheme because he accepted $35,000 in bribes as a "former, future and functional" public official.

  6. September 01, 2022

    Ex-Cuomo Aide Tells Justices Corruption Verdict 'Blurred' Law

    An aide to former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo convicted in an alleged bid-rigging scheme urged the U.S. Supreme Court to toss corruption charges related to his conduct after he resigned, saying the government's theory that influential private citizens owe a fiduciary duty to the public is vague and leaves them "at the mercy of headline-hungry prosecutors."

  7. June 30, 2022

    Justices To Mull Limits Of Fraud In NY 'Buffalo Billion' Cases

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to consider whether private citizens who influence government decision-making can be convicted of honest-services fraud, taking up a case involving alleged bid-rigging by an aide to former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo in the state-funded "Buffalo Billion" projects.