Punch and Jurists

U.S. v. Smith, No. 03-CR-10087-NG (D.Mass.) (429 F.Supp.2d 440) (May 8, 2006) (Judge Nancy Gertner) by This is an astonishing tale of the extraordinary efforts of ATF Agent Christopher Demlein to implicate defendant Ramses Smith in the crime of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. The events arose …

U.S. v. Perez, No. 3:02CR7 (JBA) (D.Conn.) (248 F.Supp.2d 111) (March 7, 2003) (Judge Janet Bond Arterton) by Here the Court held that, although the use of defendant’s dark-skinned photograph juxtaposed with markedly lighter faces resulted in an unduly suggestive identification procedure, there was no need to suppress the photo …