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Tuesday, August 10, 2004

Federal appeals court upholds former Providence, RI mayor's corruption charge
Tom at 3:29 PM ET

The First US Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday upheld the conviction of Vincent "Buddy" Cianci, the popular former mayor of Providence, Rhode Island. The decision comes 20 months into the 5 year, 4 month prison sentence Cianci received for a single count of racketeering conspiracy. Cianci had faced over a dozen corruption charges including bribery and extortion, but was acquitted of all save the conspiracy charge. AP has more. The full appellate opinion begins here [PDF] and concludes here [PDF].



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