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Flawed Rule 29 Analysis Requires Reversal of Post-Trial Judgment of Acquittal

By Jonathan Byrne

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US v. Millender: Millender and his wife, Brenda, were each charged with dozens of counts of fraud, money laundering, and conspiracy arising from their operation of a pair of investment schemes related to the church where Millender was a pastor. A coconspirator pleaded guilty, but Millender and Brenda went to trial, where he was convicted on all 31 counts and she was convicted on seven (of 24 charged). After the verdict, the Millenders moved for a Rule 29 judgment of acquittal or new trial. The district court granted the motion as to Brenda, acquitting her on all seven counts on which she was convicted, along with a ?conditional? order granting her a new trial. As to Millender, the court granted his motion as to ten counts of concealment money laundering...continue to full post

Full post as published by Fourth Circuit Blog on August 31, 2020 (boomark / email).