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melm00se

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7. The cases breakdown

Reply to Bev54 (Reply #4)

Thu May 11, 2023, 09:15 PM

May 2023

thusly

CIMINELLI - it was a misinterpretation of the law by both the district and appellate courts.
PERCOCO - it was bad jury instructions by the trial court and misunderstanding an earlier (1982) honest-services fraud decision.

A 9-0 decision in both cases mean that the Courts (that is the judges) booted their understandings of the law and definitions within the law.

Neither case appears to point to prosecutorial misconduct.

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Related... Eugene May 2023 #1

both cases were a 9 to 0 ruling. riversedge May 2023 #2

That equals melm00se May 2023 #3

Both of these were from 2018 which would be prosecutors under Trump admin. Bev54 May 2023 #4

Thanks for that fact. Sounds like Trump prosecutors got slapped. Sounds like a good ruling, ancianita May 2023 #5

actually, both Percoco and Cimenelli were indicted in September 2016 onenote May 2023 #9

thanks for important detail BlueWaveNeverEnd May 2023 #6

The cases breakdown melm00se May 2023 #7

Hard to argue with 9-0 decisions Polybius May 2023 #8