In a ruling establishing that financial gain and not merely “intangible political gain” is a requirement for a conviction under the state’s conflict of interest statute, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court has vacated the sentence of a former state representative convicted in connection with using public money to rent space for his legislative offices.
A divided Supreme Court vacated the entire judgment of sentence against former state Rep. Michael R. Veon and remanded the case for a for a new trial. The decision reversed a ruling from the Superior Court, which had upheld the sentence.
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