April 25, 2014
Raphael Musto, a former Pennsylvania state senator facing charges for allegedly taking bribes to help obtain grants for construction projects, died on Thursday.
January 30, 2014
A Pennsylvania federal judge ruled Wednesday that Raphael Musto, a former Pennsylvania state senator facing charges for allegedly taking bribes to help obtain grants for construction projects, cannot appeal a determination that he is mentally unfit for trial, which Musto had sought himself.
January 09, 2014
Prosecutors will not appeal a ruling finding that a former Pennsylvania state senator facing corruption charges for allegedly taking bribes to help obtain grants for construction projects was mentally unfit for trial, U.S. Attorney Peter Smith announced Wednesday.
January 07, 2014
A Pennsylvania federal judge ruled Tuesday that Raphael Musto, the 84-year-old former Pennsylvania state senator facing corruption charges for allegedly taking bribes to help obtain grants for construction projects, was mentally unfit to stand trial.
December 11, 2013
Raphael Musto, the 84-year-old former Pennsylvania state senator facing corruption charges for allegedly taking bribes to help obtain grants for construction projects, told a federal judge on Monday that the prospect of a multiweek trial combined with his frail health could be enough to kill him.
November 21, 2012
A federal judge on Wednesday blocked a bid by former Pennsylvania state Sen. Raphael Musto to dismiss three counts of an indictment over alleged bribe-taking, ruling the statute does not require demonstration of a quid pro quo.
November 05, 2012
Former Pennsylvania state Sen. Raphael Musto on Friday filed a motion to dismiss four counts of an indictment charging him with taking bribes to help a company obtain grants for construction projects, saying prosecutors failed to show a quid pro quo where he acted in his official capacity.
October 24, 2012
A federal judge on Wednesday rejected former Pennsylvania state Sen. Raphael Musto's contention that he is physically unfit to stand trial for allegedly accepting a company's bribes to help obtain grants for its construction projects, rejecting claims that the proceeding would amount to cruel and unusual punishment.
May 26, 2011
A Pennsylvania federal judge on Tuesday refused to bar evidence obtained in a search of former Pennsylvania state Sen. Raphael Musto's house in connection with allegations that the politician accepted a company's bribes in exchange for help in securing government projects.