LELLES

v.

UNITED STATES

Citator

Cited By

• United States v. Partin, 552 F.2d 621 (5th Cir. 1977)
  …rt should be accompanied by payment or promises of payment of money would quite unreasonably restrict the obvious purpose of the legislation. Id. at 86 (emphasis added), accord, United States v. Polakoff, 121 F. 2d 333, 335 (2d Cir.), cert. denied, 314 U.S. 626, 62 S.Ct. 107, 86 L.Ed. 503 (1941). From its citation of Bosselman, it is clear that the Broadbent court meant only that any means of “influencing” a witness not to testify truthfully was “corrupt” — not that advising a witness to testify truthfully…
• United States v. Cioffi, 493 F.2d 1111 (2d Cir. 1974)
  …she told the jurors that any such endeavor is corrupt. There is no requirement that any sort of money or other consideration be received before the endeavor can be considered corrupt. United States v. Polakoff, 121 F. 2d 333 (2d Cir.), cert. denied, 314 U.S. 626, 62 S.Ct. 107, 86 L.Ed. 503 (1941); Bosselman v. United States, 239 F. 82 (2d Cir. 1917); Broadbent v. United States, 149 F. 2d 580 (10th Cir. 1945). Cioffi insists that the mere giving of advice to a witness to plead his constitutional privilege a…