United States Second Circuit

The grant of defendant's motion for judgment of acquittal, following his conviction for securities fraud, is affirmed where the government failed to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that defendant willfully violated Rule 14e-3 of the Securities Exchange Act.

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/24/2005
• Published 10/24/2005

Judges

• B.D. PARKER, JR., Circuit Judge., Before:  CALABRESI, B.D. PARKER, and RAGGI, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Steven R. Glaser, Assistant United States Attorney (Deirdre A. McEvoy, Adam B. Siegel, Gary Stein, Assistant United States Attorneys, on the brief) for David N. Kelley, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, New York, NY, for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Alexandra A.E. Shapiro, Latham & Watkins LLP, New York, N.Y. (David M. Brodsky, Noreen A. Kelly-Najah, Jennifer L. Herring, on the brief), for Defendant-Appellee.