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151028P.pdf   05/09/2016  United States  v.  John Stacks
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  15-1028
   U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas - Little Rock   
   [PUBLISHED] [Benton, Author, with Murphy and Kelly, Circuit Judges] 
   Criminal Case - conviction. Government appeals grant of new trial and 
   grant of motion for acquittal of two counts of making a false statement to 
   a government agency. The district court did not err in granting acquittal 
   of two counts, as no reasonable jury could find beyond a reasonable doubt 
   the Stack willfully and knowingly made the false statements. The district 
   court did not abuse its considerable discretion in granting a new trial on 
   the wire fraud, false claim and false statement charges. The district 
   court thoroughly weighed the evidence supporting the verdicts against the 
   exculpatory evidence and reasoned that a miscarriage of justice may occur 
   if the verdicts were allowed to stand.