An attorney for a former Iowa kosher slaughterhouse executive convicted of financial fraud says he’s “hopeful” Sholom Rubashkin will get a new trial.
The U.S. 8th Circuit Court of Appeals in St. Louis heard arguments Wednesday. Attorney Guy Cook says the court took the case under advisement.
Rubashkin, a former Agriprocessors Inc. manager, was convicted in 2009 and sentenced to 27 years in prison. His arrest followed an immigration raid at the company’s Postville plant in 2008.
Rubashkin sought a new trial claiming Chief U.S. District Court Judge Linda Reade, who presided over his trial, couldn’t be impartial and should have recused herself because she participated in the planning of the raid.
Sean Berry, a spokesman with the U.S. attorney’s office, says prosecutors would not comment on Wednesday’s hearing.
(Source: WCF)
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Did anyone expect a ruling
today ?
So whats next?
ה יעזור
אַחֵֽינוּ כָּל בֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵל, הַנְּתוּנִים בְּצָרָה וּבַשִּׁבְיָה, הָעוֹמְדִים בֵּין בַּיָּם וּבֵין בַּיַּבָּשָׁה, הַמָּקוֹם יְרַחֵם עֲלֵיהֶם, וְיוֹצִיאֵם מִצָּרָה לִרְוָחָה, וּמֵאֲפֵלָה לְאוֹרָה, וּמִשִּׁעְבּוּד לִגְאֻלָּה, הַשְׁתָּא בַּעֲגָלָא וּבִזְמַן קָרִיב, וְנֹאמַר אָמֵן.
Appellate courts rarely, if ever, rule the same day.
If these judges rule in favor of Reade it will really be questionable if they were influenced by her today or not. It was very foolish of them to agree to sit on the bench together with her today.
Did anyone besides me see the twist in the way the journalist wrote the first line? It could be misread to imply that the Attorney himself is corrupt. I’m sure this was done purposely. Even if someone makes the correction in his head, not-the-less, the implication that Rabashkin’s attorney is “also” corrupt can stick.
That;s good. If an appeals court decides on the spot, it means the appeal is so obviously ridiculous that they don’t want to waste any more time on it.
Appellate decisions take weeks or months since they are usually accompanied by scholarly opinions, which are the basis for appeals to high courts – especially in politically charged cases.