Legal Opinion
United States v. Paul
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided March 7, 2011No. Docket 09-3191-cr (L), 09-4147-cr (con)PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CROTTY, District Judge:
BACKGROUND
The evidence underlying the conviction, viewed “in the light most favorable to the prosecution,” Jackson v. Virginia, 443 U.S. 307, 319, 99 S.Ct. 2781, 61 L.Ed.2d 560 (1979), established the following facts. In 1998, Defendant Peter Paul (“Paul”) and Stan Lee founded Stan Lee Media (“SLM”), an internet-based multimedia production company. As a co-founder and head of the company, Paul controlled a substantial amount of SLM stock. Paul placed portions of this stock into nominee accounts at Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. (“Merrill Lynch”) and Spear,…
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