United States v. Wen Chyu Liu

W. EUGENE DAVIS, Circuit Judge:

Appellant, Wen Chyu Liu, also known as David W. Liou (“Liou”), challenges his conviction for conspiracy to steal trade secrets and perjury. The principal issue on appeal concerns the propriety of the court’s ruling excluding the testimony of defendant’s engineering expert. We conclude that the district court erred in ex-eluding the testimony but that the error did not affect the outcome of the trial. We AFFIRM.

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Liou was convicted after an eleven-day jury trial for conspiring to steal trade secrets in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1832(a)(5) (Count 1) and perjury in…