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Allen Stanford has new trial request denied
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R. Allen Stanford, who was convicted of running a $7 billion Ponzi scheme, will not get the new trial he requested this week.
On March 20, Stanford filed for a new trial with the Houston District Court, claiming he lacked adequate time to prepare his defense and the "media circus" surrounding the trial impaired his case.
U.S. District Judge David Hittner issued a one-sentence ruling March 22, denying the motion for a new trial without...
- R. Allen Stanford's request for new trial denied (api.bing.com)
Allen Stanford loses bid for retrial
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Lawyers for convicted $7bn fraudster had cited courtroom tweets from journalists, lack of time and prejudicial pretrial publicityThe financier Allen Stanford has lost his bid for a new trial, 16 days after being convicted for running an estimated $7bn (£4.4bn) Ponzi scheme.US district judge David Hittner in Houston turned down Stanford's request for a retrial in a brief order on Thursday, without explaining his reasons.Stanford, who turns 62...
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Latest Bizarre Twist in Allen Stanford Case: Blame It on Twitter
For those of us who follow financial fraud issues closely, the prosecution of R. Allen Stanford has provided a steady dose of craziness since his world began to unravel in 2009. The latest development in that case -- Stanford blaming his conviction on Twitter -- would be extraordinary in most any other context, but in the Stanford case it is merely par for the course. Let's recap: At the beginning of 2009, Stanford was a billionaire on top of...
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5th Circuit Ruling Is Setback for Law Firms Sued over Allen Stanford...
Two law firms accused of negligently employing a lawyer who advised convicted financier R. Allen Stanford suffered a setback in an appellate ruling on Monday. The New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled (PDF) that state investor class actions weren’t barred by a federal law designed to curb nuisance litigation in state courts over federal securities, report Reuters and the Daily Business Review. The suits claim Proskauer Rose...
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Tweets 'cost Allen Stanford fair trial'
Lawyers for Allen Stanford have failed in an effort to win a new trial for the convicted fraudster, who they claimed was robbed of a fair trial because the press were allowed to send Twitter messages from court.
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From telegraph.co.uk
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You can't blame West Indies talent deserting the Test team and chasing...
Since the 1970s it has mostly been this way. In a desperate attempt to appease the poorly paid, disenchanted players, the West Indies board got into bed with Allen Stanford, and we all know how that relationship ended. Soon afterwards the IPL came calling.
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Allen Stanford’s Receiver Fights Investors Over Pay Increase
R. Allen Stanford’s court appointed receiver asked a U.S. judge to increase the amount of money he and his team of professionals can get for marshaling and liquidating the financier’s assets. Dallas lawyer Ralph Janvey and his counsel made ...
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Andrea Stoelker is Sir Robert Allen Stanford's girlfriend, who is currently being charged with fraud and multiple violations of U.S. securities laws by the SEC. Not only that, but Stanford is still married. Stoekler apparently stands by her man, and the two are still seeing each other. Check back for more news on Andrea Stoelker.
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