Value of a bribe
Velez-Ramirez v. United States
In brief
- Where it stands
- Petition Pending
Awaiting an order on the petition
- What it’s about
- Germaine Velez-Ramirez asks the Supreme Court to review whether the value of a transaction in a federal bribery case must be measured when the bribe was given or may include factors that arose later.
- What's at stake
- How the transaction’s value is measured in Velez-Ramirez’s federal bribery case remains unresolved while the Court considers whether to hear her request.
Summary: written with AI from the case record.
What it's about
The petition concerns how to measure a transaction’s value under the federal bribery law, 18 U.S.C. § 666(a)(1)(B).
Question presented
In determining the value of a bribe under 18 U.S.C. §666(a)(1)(B), is the value of the transaction to be determined at the time of the bribe, or can factors subsequently arising be considered by the factfinder?
What happens next
The next step is for the Court to decide whether to hear the petition. No oral argument or decision date is set before the Court agrees to review the case.
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