Convicted Manager Seeks Acquittal or New Trial

Sholom Rubashkin, former CEO of Agriprocessor, Inc., of Postville, is led in to the temporary Federal Courthouse in Cedar Rapids on Friday, November 14, 2008. (Cliff Jette/The Gazette)

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By Becky Ogann

Story Created: Nov 20, 2009 at 12:10 PM CST

Story Updated: Nov 20, 2009 at 12:10 PM CST

IOWA CITY (AP) - A former Iowa kosher slaughterhouse manager convicted of financial fraud is asking for an acquittal or a new trial.

In a motion filed late Thursday, an attorney for Sholom Rubashkin says his conviction last week on 86 counts of financial fraud should be overturned because the prosecution was allowed to enter evidence regarding immigration charges.

U.S. District Court Judge Linda Reade divided Rubashkin's 163 immigration and financial fraud charges into two trials. Rubashkin's immigration charges were dismissed on Thursday at the request of prosecutors.

Rubashkin faced the charges after a massive immigration raid in May 2008 at the Agriprocessors plant in Postville, Iowa.

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