Filed: Oct. 20, 2016
Latest Update: Oct. 20, 2016
Summary: STIPULATION REGARDING REFERENCE TO TRIBAL PROCEEDINGS (First Request) MIRANDA M. DU , District Judge . IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED, by and between Daniel G. Bogden, United States Attorney, and SHANNON BRYANT, Assistant United States Attorney, counsel for the United Stated of America, and Rene L. Valladares, Federal Public Defender, and LAUREN D. GORMAN, Assistant Federal Public Defender, counsel for CHRISTOPHER JAMES, that neither party either through argument or the testimony of wi
Summary: STIPULATION REGARDING REFERENCE TO TRIBAL PROCEEDINGS (First Request) MIRANDA M. DU , District Judge . IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED, by and between Daniel G. Bogden, United States Attorney, and SHANNON BRYANT, Assistant United States Attorney, counsel for the United Stated of America, and Rene L. Valladares, Federal Public Defender, and LAUREN D. GORMAN, Assistant Federal Public Defender, counsel for CHRISTOPHER JAMES, that neither party either through argument or the testimony of wit..
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STIPULATION REGARDING REFERENCE TO TRIBAL PROCEEDINGS
(First Request)
MIRANDA M. DU, District Judge.
IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED, by and between Daniel G. Bogden, United States Attorney, and SHANNON BRYANT, Assistant United States Attorney, counsel for the United Stated of America, and Rene L. Valladares, Federal Public Defender, and LAUREN D. GORMAN, Assistant Federal Public Defender, counsel for CHRISTOPHER JAMES, that neither party either through argument or the testimony of witnesses will advise the jury that there is an ongoing tribal criminal case against Mr. James stemming out of the same nexus of facts that forms the basis of the case at bar. Any reference to a proceeding in the ongoing tribal case will be referred to, if at all, as the "prior proceeding" and admission of that evidence is still subject to the Federal Rules of Evidence including Rules 401 and 403.
ORDER
IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that neither party either through argument or the testimony of witnesses will advise the jury that there is an ongoing tribal criminal case against Mr. James stemming out of the same nexus of facts that forms the basis of the case at bar. Any reference to a proceeding in the ongoing tribal case will be referred to, if at all, as the "prior proceeding" and admission of that evidence is still subject to the Federal Rules of Evidence including Rules 401 and 403.
