State v. Nistler

Defendant, who was convicted of racketeering, eight counts of securities fraud, and eight counts of aggravated first-degree theft, argues that the trial court erred in (1) denying his demurrer to five of the theft charges on statute of limitations grounds, (2) denying his motion for judgment of acquittal on all of the securities fraud charges, and (3) rejecting two distinct challenges to the testimony of a state’s witness. As explained below, we conclude that the trial court erred in denying the demurrer as to the five theft charges.1 However, with respect to the remaining assignments of…