Both Sides Rest Case In Rezko Trial
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CHICAGO — Less than two hours after prosecutors rested their case yesterday in political fund-raiser Antoin “Tony” Rezko’s fraud trial, defense attorneys did the same without calling a single witness. It is not unusual for the defense portion of a major criminal trial to be fairly short, though attorneys often call a few witnesses.
“We do not believe the government has met their burden in proving the charges against Mr. Rezko,” the chief defense counsel, Joseph Duffy, told reporters.. Closing arguments are set to get under way on May 12. Attorneys plan to spend the rest of this week fashioning verdict forms and the instructions that U.S. District Judge Amy J. St. Eve will give to the jury.
