abstract:Simeon Timothy "Sim" Lake III (July 4, 1944, Chicago, Illinois) is an American judge and attorney who has served on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas since 1988. He notably presided over the trial of Enron Chairman Ken Lay and former Chief Executive Officer Jeff Skilling.
On the other hand, the crux of the prosecution's closing argument is actually out of its hands--it rests, rather, with Judge Sim Lake's "charges of law" to the jury.
On October 31st, an appeals court, though upholding the conviction, threw out the sentence, concluding that SimLake, a Houston judge, had greatly overstated the losses caused by Mr Olis.