NY appeals court orders NJ programmer’s acquittal

NEW YORK (AP) — A smiling former Goldman Sachs programmer has been freed after a surprise ruling from a federal appeals court that reversed his conviction on charges he stole computer code.

Sergey Aleynikov (SUR’-gay uh-LAY’-nih-kawf) says he “jumped all over the place” when he saw an email from his lawyer at 6 a.m. Friday. The email informed him that the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan had reversed his conviction.

The reversal came less than a day after his lawyer told a three-judge panel that Aleynikov was wrongly convicted. The 42-year-old North Caldwell, N.J., man had already served a year of a more-than-eight-year prison sentence.

He said outside court that he looked forward to seeing his family, including his 8-, 6- and 3-year-old daughters.

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