United States prosecutors have put ahead their proposed directions to the jury forward of the October trial for FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried.
The prolonged 100-page Aug. 21 submitting breaks down how prosecutors would really like presiding Decide Lewis Kaplan to instruct the jury in Bankman-Fried’s case primarily based on earlier jury directions the New York district choose has given in different instances.
Every of the seven costs Bankman-Fried faces — regarding fraud and cash laundering conspiracy together with wire, commodities and securities fraud — have been damaged down.
For every cost, prosecutors recommended how Decide Kaplan ought to current the allegations, the burden of proof or components the jury wants to seek out Bankman-Fried responsible, and the proof relating to every cost.
Additionally included have been proposed directions for detailing how the jury ought to study the proof, deliberate and are available to a conclusion on whether or not or to not discover Bankman-Fried responsible on every depend.
Such proposals are typical in prison trials however in the end Decide Kaplan will resolve how he’ll instruct the jury.
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The previous FTX chief has been jailed forward of his trial set to start on Oct. 2 and faces one other trial in March 2024 on 5 different counts — he has pleaded not responsible to all costs.
Bankman-Fried is being held on the Brooklyn Metropolitan Detention Heart. Decide Kaplan revoked his bail on Aug. 11 after prosecutors alleged he leaked diary entries from former Alameda Analysis CEO Caroline Ellison to The New York Occasions.
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