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Jurors empanelled in trial of man in fraudulent driver’s license case
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Posted on Aug 22 2011
U.S. District Court for the NMI visiting judge Mark W. Bennett completed yesterday morning the selection of 14 jurors, including two alternates, who will decide the case of Wei Lin, a Chinese national accused of fraudulently obtaining a CNMI driver’s license.
The prosecution and the defense counsel will give their opening statements today, Tuesday, at 9am.
Bennett delayed Lin’s trial to today as he is still presiding over the ongoing jury trial of a lawsuit filed by Dr. Masha Maxim, a Canadian dentist who is suing her former employers, Dental Care and its owners.
Attorneys James Norita Camacho and Michael Evangelista are representing Lin. Assistant U.S. attorney Kirk Schuler is prosecuting the case.
The indictment charged Lin with two counts of document fraud and a count of false statements to a federal agent.
According to the indictment, Li allegedly paid a third-party to obtain the driver’s license without meeting the requirements.
Camacho said the case involves Lin who was stopped by a traffic officer and the case was later forwarded to the Department of Homeland Security.
Meanwhile, opposing counsels gave their closing arguments yesterday in the case filed by Maxim against her ex-employers and the ex-employers counterclaim against her.
Attorney Stephen Nutting is counsel for Maxim. Attorneys Michael Dotts and Ramon Quichocho are representing Dental Care and its owners, Rodney Stewart and Scot Thompson.
After closing arguments, the judge is expected to provide the jury instructions, then the jurors will begin their deliberation.
The trial began Monday, Aug. 15.
Maxim is suing Dental Care and its owners for terminating her and for allegedly failing to make good on their promises. She is demanding $386,000 in lost wages and damages from her former employers.
Thompson filed a counterclaim against Maxim for allegedly assaulting him in the clinic. He is seeking $80,000 from Maxim for lost income and damages.
