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Criminal

Jan. 29, 2011

Judge Acquits Government Contractors

Calling the work of Department of Justice attorneys "really sloppy," a federal judge has provisionally granted an acquittal for two Canadian men on trial for attempting to defraud the U.S. government in a contract to supply night vision goggles.


By Rebecca Beyer


Daily Journal Staff Writer


SAN FRANCISCO - Calling the work of prosecutors "really sloppy," a federal judge provisionally granted an acquittal for two Canadian men on trial for allegedly defrauding the U.S. government in a contract to supply night-vision goggles to the Iraqi Army.


Although U.S. District Judge Marilyn H. Patel orally granted the defendants' motion for judgment of acquittal Wednesday, she did not d...

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