Comments by Bob Grimes and Dana Grimes February 19, 2008 – 2:15 p.m. to 3:20 p.m. MOTION HEARING - DELLER, CROOK, AND NELSON Although the retrial of Stulac and Towle was not in session, Judge Whelan heard oral argument today on various motions filed by counsel for...
Comments by Bob Grimes and Dana Grimes February 12, 2008 - 9:30 a.m. to 3:35 p.m. This morning, outside of the jury’s presence, Attorney Mike Attanasio moved to preclude Nevanna Sacks from testifying regarding statements allegedly made by Stulac to Arthur Andersen...
Comments by Bob Grimes and Dana Grimes February 5, 2008 – 10:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Testimony resumed this morning after motions were ruled upon outside of the jury’s presence. As it turns out, the next government witness, Bob Austrian, is an economist. He was a...
Comments by Bob Grimes and Dana Grimes January 23, 2008 Having previously pled guilty to Conspiracy to Commit Securities Fraud and Wire Fraud, Larry Rodda was sentenced today. Mr. Rodda’s family was present in the courtroom. Attorney Craig Allison appeared on his...
Comments by Bob Grimes and Dana Grimes January 8, 2008 GOVERNMENT WITNESS LIST FOR HEARING ON JANUARY 14, 2008, REGARDING BLOG-READING WITNESSES The defense has argued that any witness who has read this blog unknowingly violated the Court’s sequestration order which...
Comments by Bob Grimes August 23, 2007 It is still not certain whether the Government will retry Defendants Lenz, Reichner, Towle and Stulac. The jury deadlocked on July 27, 2007, after three months of trial and two weeks of deliberations. The case is now in the...
Comments by Bob Grimes July 23, 2007 Today the jury deliberated from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. They sent Judge Whelan a note requesting further explanation of the numbering system of the exhibits. The volume of e-mails, contracts, and other documentary exhibits in this...
Comments by Bob Grimes July 17, 2007 The jury is deliberating. They asked for an overhead projector, so that they can view any of the 1,300 exhibits. Some of the jurors took notes during the testimony and also during the final arguments, and there are some exhibits...
Comments by Bob Grimes July 10, 2007 - 8:30 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. CLOSING ARGUMENT BY TOM BIENERT In his closing argument on behalf of Gary Lenz, Attorney Tom Bienert asked the jury to use their common sense when evaluating the charges against Gary Lenz. Bienert told the...
Comments by Bob Grimes July 5, 2007 - 8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. GOVERNMENT’S CLOSING ARGUMENT AUSA Eric Beste gave a closing statement that focused on Gary Lenz and Joseph Reichner. Beste argued that Lenz and Reichner were part of senior management and therefore had to...