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Ex-Goldman Sachs Programmer Still Fighting Code-Theft Conviction
More than a decade after his arrest for taking Goldman Sachs Group Inc.’s computer code on his way to another job, Sergey Aleynikov is still fighting to have his conviction overturned. Aleynikov’s lawyer Kevin Marino told a five-judge panel in Manhattan on Tuesday that prosecutors shouldn’t have been allowed to try his client a second time, after his first conviction was thrown out. That amounts to double jeopardy, Marino argued. “This is nothing other than a complete second bite at the apple,” Marino said. “That’s all it is.” Assistant District Attorney Elizabeth Roper told the appeals court judges ... (full story)