United States of America, Appellee/cross-Appellant v. Alfred J. Rioux, Appellant/cross-Appellee

U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit · Decided 1996-10-02

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McLAUGHLIN, Circuit Judge: In 1986, the people of Hartford County, Connecticut elected Alfred J. Rioux High Sheriff. Rioux was subsequently accused of extorting funds from the Special Deputy Sheriffs and Deputy Sheriffs whom he appointed in the following years. After a four-week trial in the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut (Ellen Bree Burns,…

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