Former Enron CEO Asks Judge to Void Verdict

Former Enron Chief Executive Jeffrey K. Skilling has asked a federal judge to overturn his guilty verdict based on an August decision that reversed four other Enron-related convictions.

Skilling is seeking dismissal of the guilty counts or a new trial in light of a federal appeals court ruling in New Orleans that Merrill Lynch employees accused of assisting Enron in defrauding investors were doing what Enron wanted them to do and did not profit at its expense. As a result, the court ruled, they did not deprive Enron of “honest services.”