Fort Myers roofer Casey Crowther: Denial urged in acquittal motion
A week after the verdict Crowther's attorneys renewed a motion for judgment of acquittal or alternatively for a new trial claiming there were inconsistencies and uncertainties in the government's case. In a response to the motion, Trenton J. Reichling, one of the two assistant United States Attorneys who prosecuted the case, responded in opposition to the renewed motion that there was more than sufficient evidence to support the jury’s verdict. "Further, the defendant’s claim that the government’s case was marked with inconsistencies and uncertainties is without merit and does not w...