UNITED STATES v. MEINSTER

No. 79-165-CR-JLK.

488 F.Supp. 1342 (1980)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. Robert Jay MEINSTER, Robert Elliot Platshorn, Lynne Platshorn, Eugene Arter Myers, Randall Gene Fisher, Modesto Echezarreta, Richard Elliott Grant, Jr., Mark Steven Phillips and Carl Jerry London, Defendants.

United States District Court, S. D. Florida, Miami Division.

April 29, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dana Biehl, Sp. Atty., U. S. Dept. of Justice, Narcotics & Dangerous Drugs, Washington, D.C., for plaintiff.

Dennis Cogan, Philadelphia, Pa., for Robert Jay Meinster.

William P. Cagney, III, Miami, Fla., for Robert Elliot Platshorn.

Melvyn Kessler, Miami, Fla., for Lynne Platshorn.

Theodore Klein, Rebekah J. Poston, Miami, Fla., for Eugene Arter Myers.

Samuel Sheres, Hallandale, Fla., for Randall Gene Fisher.

Gerald Kogan, Miami, Fla., for Modesto Echezarreta-Cruz.

Michael Brodsky, Miami, Fla., for Richard Elliot Grant, Jr.

Arthur W. Tifford, Miami, Fla., for Mark Steven Phillips.

Denis Dean, Miami, Fla., for Carl Jerry London.


ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR A NEW TRIAL BASED ON NEWLY DISCOVERED EVIDENCE

JAMES LAWRENCE KING, District Judge.

This matter arose upon the motion of defendant Meinster for a new trial based on newly discovered evidence. The newly discovered evidence asserted by the defendant is stated in the following conclusory fashion: "The instantly complained of error involves the recent disclosure that the government's strike force attorneys involved the trial judge in...

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