Medicare Fraud Conviction Affirmed

In US v. Rodriguez, No. 08-16696, the court affirmed defendant’s Medicare fraud conviction where, at the sentencing hearing, defendant did not object to the judge’s comment about her national origin, or to anything else for that matter, and: 1) holding that the law did not require objections to statements appearing to indicate bias where there was none would be inconsistent with the law requiring objections where there is bias; and 2) such a holding would substantially undermine the important interests served by the contemporaneous objection rule.

 

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  • Read the Eleventh Circuit’s Decision in US v. Rodriguez, No. 08-16696

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