U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Jun. 20, 2013
Honest services fraud conviction of disbarred California lawyer vacated
A disbarred California lawyer serving eight years after pleading guilty to honest services fraud caught a break Tuesday as a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel ruled he is innocent of the crime as redefined by the U.S. Supreme Court.
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A disbarred California lawyer serving eight years after pleading guilty to honest services fraud caught a break Tuesday as a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel ruled he is innocent of the crime as redefined by the U.S. Supreme Court.
The panel vacated an Alaska district judge's denial of Mark James Avery's habeas petition to vacate his sentence. It sent the case back to district court for ...
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