Jury Instruction In Insider Trading Trial Not Prejudicial, Panel Rules

Mealey's (July 9, 2019, 2:00 PM EDT) -- NEW YORK — A Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on July 8 ruled that a federal district court did not commit plain error in issuing jury instructions in a criminal proceeding against an alleged inside trader because any error issued by the district court did not prejudice the defendant (United States v. John Afriyie, Nos. 17-2444 and 17-4045, 2nd Cir., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 20149)....