United States Sixth Circuit
US v. Geisen, 08-3655
Conviction of a defendant for concealing a material fact and making a false statement to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) in violation of 18 U.S.C. sections 1001 and 1002, arising from a safety incident at a nuclear power station, is affirmed where: 1) district court's deliberate-ignorance jury instruction was not improper as the government presented ample evidence from which a rational jury could infer that defendant deliberately chose not to inform himself in preparing the submissions to the NRC; 2) there was sufficient evidence to support defendant's convictions; and 3) district court did not err in excluding evidence of defendant's rejection of the deferred prosecution agreement (DPA).
Appellate Information
- Argued 01/19/2010
- Decided 07/15/2010
- Published 07/15/2010
Judges
Court
- United States Sixth Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Timothy P. O'Toole, John Luther Smeltzer