Legal Opinion
United States of America, Appellant-Cross-Appellee v. Gregory Ferguson, AKA "Black Greggo," Defendant-Appellee-Cross-Appellant
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided March 23, 2001No. Docket 99-1262(L), 99-1302, 99-1322, 99-1324(XAP) and 99-1398PublishedCited by 181 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Chief Judge WALKER concurs in part and dissents in part in a separate opinion.
POOLER, Circuit Judge:
The government appeals from the May 25, 1999, order of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Shira A. Scheindlin, J.) granting the motion of defendant Gregory Ferguson for a new trial pursuant to Fed. R.Crim.P. 33. In addition, Ferguson cross-appeals the district court’s denial of his motion for judgment of acquittal pursuant to Fed.R.Crim.P. 29.
In this case, the district court exercised a rarely used power and granted a new trial to a defendant convicted of…
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