Convicted Former Cuomo Aide Percoco Wins Supreme Court Case (1)

The US Supreme Court tightened the limits on public-corruption prosecutions, giving a partial victory to a onetime top aide to former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo.

The justices unanimously said jury instructions in Joseph Percoco’s case were flawed given that he was working for Cuomo’s reelection campaign — and not the government — during a key eight-month period in 2014. Percoco was convicted of honest-services fraud along with other counts.

In an opinion by Justice Samuel Alito, the court sent the case back to a federal appeals court, where Percoco can seek to invalidate his entire conviction.

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