Samson Kanla Orusa v. United States
I. Whether the district court's erroneous instructions regarding what constitutes criminal liability under 21 U.S.C. section 841 (illegal distribution of oxycodone) (counts 2-23) requires reversal of the defendant's conviction for Health Care Fraud under 18 U.S.C. section 1347(counts 24-36).
II. Whether the government presented sufficient evidence of the defendant's guilt under 18 U.S.C. 1347 Other explanations for the across-the-board health care fraud convictions are lacking.
III. Whether the district court abused its discretion in denying defendant's motion for a mistrial.
Whether the district court's erroneous jury instructions regarding criminal liability under 21 U.S.C. section 841 requires reversal of the defendant's health care fraud conviction due to inextricably intertwined predicate offenses