REGARDING MOTION FOR ACQUITTAL AND MOTION FOR NEW TRIAL
JULIAN ABELE COOK, Jr., District Judge.
MOTION FOR ACQUITTAL
A Motion for Acquittal is governed by Fed.R.Crim.P. 29. It is granted for only one reason; insufficiency of the evidence to sustain the conviction.
Review of a jury verdict is suspect and, indeed, the Courts have established a rather strict test for granting a Motion for Acquittal. The evidence must be viewed in the light...
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