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Rick Mariano Appeal Denied

By Mark Jakubik

A federal appeals panel yesterday upheld the 2006 conviction and sentence of ex-City Councilman Rick Mariano on corruption charges. Mariano, 52, is serving a 78-month sentence at the federal prison in Fort Dix and is scheduled to be released in March 2012. The disgraced pol argued that there was insufficient evidence to support his convictions for honest-services fraud and that the sentencing judge erred in calculating his guideline-range sentence. Writing for the three-judge panel, U.S. Court of Appeals Judge D. Michael Fisher said evidence showed that Philip Chartock, who owned and operated a scrap-metal business in Mariano’s district, made three payments of $23,000 to Mariano. The payments “occurred in close proximity” in 2002 while Mariano was taking official action on behalf of Chartock’s business...continue to full post

Full post as published by Philadelphia Criminal Defense Lawyer Blog on June 21, 2008 (boomark / email).