United States v. Lentz

MEMORANDUM OPINION

ELLIS, District Judge.

Following a jury verdict in this kidnapping and murder prosecution, the trial judge entered a judgment of acquittal and granted the defendant’s motion for a new trial. The Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit later overturned the judgment of acquittal, but upheld the trial court’s decision to grant a new trial because certain prejudicial evidence that had been excluded in the course of the trial had found its way into the jury room. See United States v. Lentz, 383 F.3d 191 (4th Cir.2004) (Lentz II). The matter has now been remanded for a new trial…