Opinion and order — No. 1:21-cr-00024 (Dkt. 562)

Summary

An opinion and order filed December 28, 2021 as Document 562 in United States of America v. Jeffery R. Tackett, et al., Case No. 1:21CR00024, in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia. The government's motion in limine sought to exclude evidence about federal stimulus payments unless evidence first suggested a defendant believed participation in the alleged scheme was lawful. The opinion describes the charged scheme to submit fraudulent applications to the Virginia Employment Commission for pandemic unemployment benefits, including with the personal information of jail inmates. The court holds that the government must prove knowledge in its case in chief, declines to limit the sequence of defense evidence, and denies the motion (ECF No. 503). Senior United States District Judge James P. Jones signed it.

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