Punch and Jurists

U.S. v. Carriles, No. EP-07-CR-00087-KC (W.D.Tex.) (486 F.Supp.2d 599) (May 8, 2007) (Judge Kathleen Cardone) by The defendant in this case, Luis Posada Carriles, a 79-year old Cuban national, was indicted for making false statements in connection with his application for U.S. citizenship. He moved to suppress various statements and …

U.S. v. Alverez-Tejeda, No. 06-30289 (9th Cir.) (491 F.3d 1013) (June 8, 2007) (Judge Alex Kozinski) by In this case, the DEA pushed the concepts of deception, trickery and chicanery to their finite extremes - and then some. Judge Kozinski described how the DEA orchestrated its elaborate ruse with these …