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Originally Posted by gideongallery
link please because that seems to violate the concept of double jeapordy and due process (getting found guilty of a crime at the appeal process, not a new trial)
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Here you go
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_...eme_Associates
The case is against Extreme Associates. When the case first when to trial the defendants successfully argued that since the transactions took place online the right to privacy prevailed here so since a person has the right to own and view these materials the company had the right to sell them. Obviously this is an over simple explanation, but it is the basis of what happened.
The judge sided with Extreme Associates and dropped the charges.
The Federal government appealed the ruling. The appeals court reversed the ruling.
Extreme Associates then petitioned the Supreme Court to hear the case. They denied to hear it and a new trial date was set. The two main people involved ultimately ended up pleading guilty to certain charges in an effort just to end this.
BTW I never said they were found innocent in trial then found guilty on appeal. Those are your words not mine. I simply said that the appeals court overturned the lower courts decision and that kind of thing happens all the time.