U.S. v. LASTER, 2:16-cr-81-FtM-38CM. (2017)
Court: District Court, M.D. Florida
Number: infdco20170712b80
Visitors: 4
Filed: Jul. 11, 2017
Latest Update: Jul. 11, 2017
Summary: ORDER 1 SHERI POLSTER CHAPPELL , District Judge . This matter comes before the Court on the Government's Motion in Limine to Preclude Defendants from Advising Jury of Penalties They Face (Doc. 275) filed on July 3, 2017. The Defendants have not responded and the time to do so has expired. (Doc. 238 at 2). This matter is ripe for review. The Government seeks to preclude Defendants from advising the jury of the penalties they face. (Doc. 275). The Court previously granted a Government mo
Summary: ORDER 1 SHERI POLSTER CHAPPELL , District Judge . This matter comes before the Court on the Government's Motion in Limine to Preclude Defendants from Advising Jury of Penalties They Face (Doc. 275) filed on July 3, 2017. The Defendants have not responded and the time to do so has expired. (Doc. 238 at 2). This matter is ripe for review. The Government seeks to preclude Defendants from advising the jury of the penalties they face. (Doc. 275). The Court previously granted a Government mot..
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ORDER1
SHERI POLSTER CHAPPELL, District Judge.
This matter comes before the Court on the Government's Motion in Limine to Preclude Defendants from Advising Jury of Penalties They Face (Doc. 275) filed on July 3, 2017. The Defendants have not responded and the time to do so has expired. (Doc. 238 at ¶ 2). This matter is ripe for review.
The Government seeks to preclude Defendants from advising the jury of the penalties they face. (Doc. 275). The Court previously granted a Government motion seeking identical relief before the first trial. (Doc. 214). Based on the Court's prior ruling and established precedent, the Government's Motion is granted. See U.S. v. Cox, 696 F.2d 1294, 1298 (11th Cir. 1983) (noting that the court "does not approve of informing a jury of a minimum or maximum punishment."). Defendants' counsel are precluded from making statements to the jury regarding the potential penalties that the Defendants may face.
Accordingly, it is now
ORDERED:
Government's Motion in Limine to Preclude Defendants from Advising Jury of Penalties They Face (Doc. 275) is GRANTED.
DONE AND ORDERED.
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