Legal Opinion
United States v. Leona M. Helmsley
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided February 16, 1993No. 94, Docket 92-1202PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JON O. NEWMAN, Circuit Judge:
This appeal primarily concerns the issue of whether a defendant’s motion for a new trial based on alleged prosecutorial misconduct may succeed if the circumstances supporting the claim of misconduct were known to the defendant at trial. The issue arises on an appeal by Leona M. Helmsley from the April 7, 1992, order of the District Court for the Southern District of New York (Thomas P. Griesa, Judge), which denied her motion for a new trial after her conviction on criminal charges relating primarily to income tax violations. We conclude that, in the circumstances…
2Cases cited23 opinions
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- Napue v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
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