Court Opinion

ID: 9465181
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-05 00:38:16.641274+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:39:01.315277
License: Public Domain

K. K. HALL, Circuit Judge,
concurring in part and dissenting in part:
I concur in the statement of facts and in Parts II, III and V of the opinion, but must respectfully dissent from Part IV in which the majority holds that the curative instruction on the issue of conspiracy was so confusing as to constitute reversible error.
The instruction, while inartful, stated that Reuven Lev-tov was not part of the conspiracy charged, but rather that the conspiracy was with persons unknown. On the basis of this instruction, I fail to see how the jury could have convicted Dr. Perl for conspiring with Lev-tov. Therefore, I would affirm the verdict of guilty on the charge of conspiracy.