Legal Opinion
United States v. Paul Van Eyl
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided October 5, 2006No. 05-1785PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROVNER, Circuit Judge.
Paul Van Eyl went to trial on a twelve-count indictment for various financial crimes. The jury hung on ten of the counts and returned a verdict of guilty on the other two. The district court granted Van Eyl’s subsequent motion for a new trial because the government’s closing argument contained a damaging theory of guilt that the court had earlier excluded in response to a motion in limine. Although the argument was made in good faith, and although the court overruled the defendant’s objection in the heat of the closing arguments, the court later determined that the…
2Cases cited6 opinions
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- United States v. Thomas E. HauertCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1994
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