Rex L. Neely v. United States

Appellant, Rex L. Neely, and Joe L. Short were charged in a twelve-count indictment filed in the United States District Court for the District of Arizona with violating 18 U.S.C. §§ 201 , 202, 2073 and 371. At all times relevant, appellant Neely was a farmer engaged in raising cotton, and Short was the office manager of the Pinal County (Arizona) Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee (called the ASC Committee) and in such capacity charged with the duty of proper administration of the cotton acreage allotment and marketing quota program of the United States.

In Counts 1, 3 and 5, appellant was charged with tendering bribes to Short, with intent to influence Short to act in his official capacity and allow the commission of a fraud against the United States, to-wit, the procuring of a cotton allotment for appellant in excess of that to which appellant was lawfully entitled under the cotton acreage allotment and marketing quota program of the United States ( 18 U.S.C. § 201 ).

In Counts 2, 4 and 6, Short was charged with accepting the alleged bribes charged to have been tendered in Counts 1, 3 and 5 ( 18 U.S.C. § 202 ).

In Counts 7 through 11, Short was charged with…