Legal Commentary

Rezko Jury Split On One Count, No Verdict Today

By Jeralyn

Bump and Update: The jury went home without announcing a verdict and will return in the morning. It may be they reached one but due to the late hour, the judge is holding it until the morning. That's not uncommon in high profile cases.

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The jury deliberating the fate of Tony Rezko sent the judge a note today saying it cannot agree on 1 of the 24 counts against him.

I guess that means they've decided on the other 23 counts. The judge told them to keep deliberating. [More...]

Rezko is charged with mail fraud in Counts One, Two, Seven, Eight, Eleven and Twelve, and with wire fraud in Counts Three, Four, Five, Six, Nine, Ten, Thirteen, Fourteen and Fifteen.

Count 16 charges Rezko with attempted extortion in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1951, pertaining to "Investment Firm 7" or "Individual J."

Counts 17 through 22 charge Rezko with aiding and abetting Stuart Levine’s bribery concerning a federally funded program in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 666(a)(1)(B).

Counts 23 and 24 are money laundering.

Full post as published by TalkLeft on June 02, 2008 (boomark / email).