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U.S. v. Williams : conspiracy to commit theft of trade secrets.

Background: Defendants were convicted in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, Nos. 06-00313-CR-3-1 and 06- 00313-CR-1-1, J. Owen Forrester, J., of conspiracy to commit theft of trade secrets. Defendants appealed. Holdings: The Court of Appeals held that: (1) limitation of cross-examination of government's witness did not violate defendant's Sixth Amendment cross-examination rights; (2) imposition of 96-month sentence was not unreasonable; and (3) imposition of 60-Month sentence on codefendant was not unreasonable. Affirmed.

Full post as published by The Trade Secrets Vault on June 22, 2008 (boomark / email).