Eden v. OBERLANDER

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA JEFFREY EDEN : CIVIL ACTION : v. : NO. 21-5076 : DEREK OBERLANDER, et al. : MEMORANDUM KEARNEY, J. December 7, 2022 The Commonwealth tried Jeffrey Eden for sexually assaulting two minor members of his family. The trial judge began trial with an opening jury instruction fully defining the Commonwealth’s burden of proof beyond a reasonable doubt. The two minors testified. The trial judge provided closing instructions two days after the opening instructions in which she did not repeat the fulsome reasonable doubt…