Legal Opinion
United States v. Heron
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided December 19, 2007No. Criminal Action 06-674-01PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
STEWART DALZELL, District Judge.
On October 17, 2007, at the close of the Government’s case-in-chief, defendant Kevin Heron moved for a judgment of acquittal in accordance with Fed.R.Crim.P. 29(a). Because this case presents close questions touching on exactly what evidence the Government must present in order to prove securities fraud, we chose to reserve judgment under Fed.R.Crim.P. 29(b).
Two days later, a jury of this Court convicted Heron of one count of conspiracy to commit securities fraud and three counts of securities fraud. Because we had reserved our ruling on Heron’s…
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