U.S. v. Sepe, No. 91-708-CR (S.D.Fla.) (1 F.Supp.2d 1372) (April 21, 1998) (Judge Norman C. Roettger)
Loaded on Aug. 1, 1998
published in Punch and Jurists
August 03, 1998
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Witnesses - Examination of.
Case held that Government's misconduct of waiting till just before trial to seek the testimony of a key witness warranted barring that witness from testifying at trial.
In 1996, the defendant in this case, Alfonso Sepe, a former State court judge was tried, along with two other judges …
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