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No. 08-1394
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T
HE
Supreme Court of the United States
____________________ J
EFFREY
K.
S
KILLING
,
Petitioner
,v.U
NITED
S
TATES OF
A
MERICA
,
Respondent
. ____________________
On Writ of Certiorari to the United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
____________________
REPLY BRIEF FOR PETITIONER
____________________ D
ANIEL
M.
P
ETROCELLI
(
Counsel of Record
)M.
R
ANDALL
O
PPENHEIMER
M
ATTHEW
T.
K
LINE
D
AVID
J.
M
ARROSO
O’M
ELVENY
&
M
YERS
LLP1999 Avenue of the Stars,7th FloorLos Angeles, California 90067(310) 553-6800W
ALTER
D
ELLINGER
J
ONATHAN
D.
H
ACKER
S
RI
S
RINIVASAN
I
RVING
L.
G
ORNSTEIN
M
EAGHAN
M
C
L
AINE
V
ER
G
OW
O’M
ELVENY
&
M
YERS
LLP1625 Eye Street, N.W.Washington, D.C. 20006(202) 383-5300
Attorneys for Petitioner
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TABLE OF CONTENTSPage
TABLE OF AUTHORITIES....................................iiiREPLY BRIEF FOR PETITIONER.........................1I. SKILLING DID NOT RECEIVE A FAIRTRIAL BEFORE IMPARTIAL JURORS...........1 A. A Presumption Of Prejudice ArisesWhen Pervasive Community HostilityRenders Voir Dire InsufficientlyLikely To Expose And Avoid JurorBias...............................................................2B. Pervasive Hostility And Adverse Pub-licity In Houston Warranted A Pre-sumption That Houston Jurors CouldNot Judge Skilling Impartially....................6C. The Government Did Not Rebut ThePresumption That Skilling’s JurorsWere Prejudiced.........................................11II. SKILLING’S CONVICTIONS BASEDON HONEST-SERVICES FRAUDCANNOT STAND.............................................17 A. Section 1346 Is Unconstitutionally Vague..........................................................17B. If Not Invalidated, Section 1346Should Be Limited To Bribes AndKickbacks....................................................21C. Under The Government’s Theory Of § 1346, Skilling’s Convictions Must BeReversed.....................................................27
iiD. The Government Fails To Show ThatThe Error Of Skilling’s Honest-Services Convictions Was HarmlessBeyond A Reasonable Doubt......................29CONCLUSION........................................................30
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