Legal Opinion
United States v. Kozeny
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided July 6, 2009No. 05 Cr. 518(SAS)PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
SHIRA A. SCHEINDLIN, District Judge.
I. INTRODUCTION
Defendant Frederic Bourke moves pursuant to Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 29 for an entry of a judgment of acquittal. For the reasons that follow, his motion is denied.
II. BACKGROUND
The Government’s allegations in this case are complex, and it is unnecessary to recite them here. The relevant facts are as follows: SOCAR is the state-owned oil company of the Republic of Azerbaijan (“Azerbaijan”). 1 In the mid-1990s, Azerbaijan began a program of privatization. 2 The program gave the President of Azerbaijan, Heydar Aliyev,…
2Cases cited28 opinions
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Holland v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
- United States v. Edmund M. AutuoriCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2000
- United States v. Arthur MorrisonCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1998
- Whitfield v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2005
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3Cited by3 opinions
- United States v. KozenyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2011
- United States v. KozenyDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2009
- United States v. BourkeCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2011