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U.S. v. Sims, No. 96-1068 (7th Cir.) (144 F.3d 1082) (May 22, 1998) (Judge Diane P. Wood)

Loaded on July 1, 1996 published in Punch and Jurists July 29, 1996
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Relying principally on U.S. v. Powell, 496 U.S. 57 (1984), the court held that inconsistent verdicts - even verdicts that acquit on predicate offenses - do not give rise to a right to a new trial or a right to acquittal on a related count.

Case held that acquittal on ...

 

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