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Law Practice

Sep. 29, 2008

Ex-Ukrainian Prime Minister Wins at 9th Circuit

A federal appellate panel has tossed six of 14 counts on which former Ukrainian Prime Minister Pavlo Ivanovich Lazarenko was convicted in a complex criminal prosecution.

By John Roemer

Daily Journal Staff Writer

SAN FRANCISCO - A federal appellate panel has tossed six of 14 counts on which former Ukrainian Prime Minister Pavlo Ivanovich Lazarenko was convicted in a complex criminal prosecution.

The unanimous decision Friday by the three judges on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel also vacated Lazarenko's nine-year sentence and sent the case to U.S. District Judge Charles R. Breyer of San Francisco for resentenc...

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