Legal Opinion
United States v. DiCristina
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided August 6, 2013No. 12-3720-crPublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STRAUB, Circuit Judge:
The United States appeals from an August 21, 2012 order of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (Jack B. Weinstein, Judge) entering a post-verdict judgment of acquittal in favor of Defendant-Appellee Lawrence DiCristina, setting aside the guilty verdict on one count of violating the Illegal Gambling Business Act (the “IGBA”), 18 U.S.C. § 1955, and one count of conspiring to do so under 18 U.S.C. § 371. The District Court ruled that DiCristina’s conviction must be set aside because “Texas Hold’em” poker was not covered by the IGBA. United…
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