Supreme Court Strikes a Blow Against Prosecutorial Overreach — Again

The high court tosses multiple corruption convictions, including one of Governor Cuomo’s aide Joseph Percoco, sending a clear signal that prosecutors went too far trying to find illegality in the acts of public servants.

AP/Mark Lennihan, file
A former aide to Governor Cuomo, Joseph Percoco, at federal court for his corruption trial on March 8, 2018 at New York. AP/Mark Lennihan, file

Two Supreme Court opinions issued without dissent on cases of major import is rarer than coming across a whole set of hen’s teeth. That is what happened on Thursday, when all nine justices tossed a pair of convictions against two officials from Governor Cuomo’s administration, including one of his friends and closest aides, Joseph Percoco. We can’t say we are surprised, because we predicted this outcome, even if prosecutors stubbornly could not. 

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