Atty Reprises Entrapment Claim As Pot Bribe Sentence Looms

By Brian Dowling · February 1, 2024, 4:44 PM EST

A lawyer convicted of bribing a Massachusetts police chief working on local marijuana licensing approvals asked a Boston federal judge Thursday for a sentence of no more than a year and...

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Documents

Memorandum

Case Information

Case Title

USA v. O'Donovan

Case Number

Court

Massachusetts

Nature of Suit

Date Filed

June 23, 2022

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