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U.S. v. Torres-Gonzalez, No. 07-170 (JAG) (D.Puerto Rico) (526 F.Supp.2d 210) (November 30, 2007) (Judge Jay A. Garcia-Gregory)

Loaded on Feb. 1, 2008 published in Punch and Jurists February 18, 2008
Filed under: Punch And Jurists, Prejudicial Surplusage.

Here the Court issued a rare ruling under Rule 7(d) of the Fed.R.Crim.P. in which it ordered the Government to strike immaterial surplusage from ten counts of an indictment on the grounds that it was inflammatory, prejudicial and irrelevant.

Rule 7(d) of the Fed.R.Crim.P. 7(d) states that a defendant may ...

 

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