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How Woman Received Acquittal in Enron Case | Houston White Collar Crime

Dan Cogdell | 908 Views | 09/10/2015

Acquittal in Enron Case

Let me tell you how I was able to get an acquittal for a woman in the Enron case who was charged with conspiracy, who was charged with mail fraud, who was charged with a wire fraud, who was charged with bank fraud.  Hello. My name is Dan Cogdell. I’m a lawyer here in Texas. I’ve been practicing criminal defense work for 32 years.

No Crime Was Committed

Here’s how we obtained a verdict of not guilty for that woman who was charged with mail fraud, wire fraud, bank fraud, and conspiracy.  We got the jury to understand first and foremost, she didn’t agree to commit any crime with any person at any time. She never met with anybody with the idea that she was going to commit a crime. She never took any act in furtherance of any crime.

Perspective

The second thing that we got the jury to understand is her world view from her perspective, what she was doing, what she was thinking, and what she was believing. It wasn’t about all these other people that were charging all these other crimes and even in the case that she was charged along with, we got the jury to understand it was about her world view and what she was thinking.

Simplicity

Lastly but not leastly, we got the jury to understand all of what I’ve just outlined to you by keeping it simple. We stayed away from fancy accounting terms. We stayed away from experts’ opinions. We stayed away from hyperbole and argument. We stuck with the facts. We kept them as simple and as clean and as straightforward as we can because that was the way that the jury could understand in fact that she was not guilty.

If you have questions, if you need help, if you need assistance, call me. I’m here to help you if I can. I’m here to assist you if we can. My name is Dan Cogdell. Thank you for listening.

How Woman Received Acquittal in Enron Case | Houston White Collar Crime

Acquittal in Enron Case

Let me tell you how I was able to get an acquittal for a woman in the Enron case who was charged with conspiracy, who was charged with mail fraud, who was charged with a wire fraud, who was charged with bank fraud.  Hello. My name is Dan Cogdell. I’m a lawyer here in Texas. I’ve been practicing criminal defense work for 32 years.

No Crime Was Committed

Here’s how we obtained a verdict of not guilty for that woman who was charged with mail fraud, wire fraud, bank fraud, and conspiracy.  We got the jury to understand first and foremost, she didn’t agree to commit any crime with any person at any time. She never met with anybody with the idea that she was going to commit a crime. She never took any act in furtherance of any crime.

Perspective

The second thing that we got the jury to understand is her world view from her perspective, what she was doing, what she was thinking, and what she was believing. It wasn’t about all these other people that were charging all these other crimes and even in the case that she was charged along with, we got the jury to understand it was about her world view and what she was thinking.

Simplicity

Lastly but not leastly, we got the jury to understand all of what I’ve just outlined to you by keeping it simple. We stayed away from fancy accounting terms. We stayed away from experts’ opinions. We stayed away from hyperbole and argument. We stuck with the facts. We kept them as simple and as clean and as straightforward as we can because that was the way that the jury could understand in fact that she was not guilty.

If you have questions, if you need help, if you need assistance, call me. I’m here to help you if I can. I’m here to assist you if we can. My name is Dan Cogdell. Thank you for listening.