The 2nd Circuit has vacated disgraced attorney Solomon Kaplan's conviction on five counts related to an insurance fraud scheme because lay opinion by a cooperating witness was improperly allowed as to Kaplan's knowledge of a massive auto accident insurance scheme. But the judges let stand Kaplan's convictions on counts of witness tampering and making false statements to an FBI agent. The ruling leaves the government with a decision on whether to retry Kaplan.
April 12, 2007 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
The erroneous admission of damaging lay opinion testimony about an attorney’s alleged insurance fraud led a federal appeals court to reverse his conviction on several counts Wednesday.
The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals vacated disgraced attorney Solomon Kaplan’s conviction on five counts related to an insurance fraud scheme because lay opinion by a cooperating witness was improperly allowed as to Kaplan’s knowledge of a massive auto accident insurance scheme.
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