Opinion and order — No. 1:21-cr-00024 (Dkt. 646)

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An opinion and order in United States of America v. Joseph N. Hall, Wesley W. Hickman, John C. Johnson, Sr. and Marissa L. Kiser, Case No. 1:21CR00024, in the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia, filed February 18, 2022 as Document 646. The defendants are charged over an alleged scheme to obtain benefit payments through applications to the Virginia Employment Commission falsely claiming job losses from the COVID-19 pandemic. The court overrules objections to testimony about drug use, finding it admissible as intrinsic to the alleged conspiracy and not barred by Rule 403, and overrules Hickman's objection to a video visit. It grants Johnson's motion in limine in part, admitting an alleged co-conspirator's statements in a jail visit video but excluding the other speaker's response. It is signed /s/ by Senior United States District Judge James P. Jones.

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