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Short Seller Left Loses Mistrial Bid Over Court Error, for Now
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Short Seller Left Loses Mistrial Bid Over Court Error, for Now Famed short seller Andrew Left, convicted on 13 counts of securities fraud earlier this month, is off to a rocky start in his effort to sway a judge to overturn his verdict due to an unusual courtroom error. US District Judge Virginia Phillips in Los Angeles on Wednesday denied Left’s request for a mistrial. Left argued that the jury’s use of an incorrect verdict form had “prejudiced the jury deliberations,” but Phillips found...
Short Seller Left Loses Mistrial Bid Over Court Error, for Now
Famed short seller Andrew Left, convicted on 13 counts of securities fraud earlier this month, is off to a rocky start in his effort to sway a judge to overturn his verdict due to an unusual courtroom error.
US District Judge Virginia Phillips in Los Angeles on Wednesday denied Left’s request for a mistrial. Left argued that the jury’s use of an incorrect verdict form had “prejudiced the jury deliberations,” but Phillips found that claim “unavailing.”