UNITED STATES v. DiBERNARDO

No. 80-56-Cr-EPS (S1-S16).

552 F.Supp. 1315 (1982)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. Robert "Debe" DiBERNARDO, et al., Defendants.

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

December 20, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fred A. Schwartz, Marcella S. Cohen, Miami, Fla., for plaintiff.

Todd Lyster, Chicago, Ill., Arthur M. Schwartz, Denver, Colo., Burton Sandler, Towson, Md., Elliott J. Abelson, Beverly Hills, Cal., Rebekah J. Poston, Miami, Fla., John F. Sheehan, Providence, R.I., William E. Seekford, Towson, Md., Robert M. Leen, Hollywood, Fla., Bernard Berkman, Cleveland, Ohio, Roger Jon Diamond, Pacific Palisades, Cal., Jeffrey M. Cohen, Miami, Fla., Anthony M. Glassman, Beverly Hills, Cal., David Bogenschutz, Hollywood, Fla., Robert Smith, Encino, Cal., Theodore Klein, Corey E. Hoffman, Miami, Fla., Michael Klein, Los Angeles, Cal., John H. Weston, Beverly Hills, Cal., Herald Price Fahringer, New York City, Henry J. Boitel, Rockville Centre, N.Y., Joel Kaplan, Miami, Fla., Stephen J. Finta, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Humberto Aguilar, Miami, Fla., Ralph J. Schwarz, Jr., New York City, Gerald M. Werksman, Chicago, Ill., Phillip E. Kuhn, Memphis, Tenn., A. Matthew Miller, Hollywood, Fla., Joel Hirschhorn, Miami, Fla., for defendants.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER DISMISSING INDICTMENTS WITHOUT PREJUDICE

SPELLMAN, District Judge.

THIS CAUSE is before the Court on several motions by various Defendants to dismiss the indictments and motions to adopt and join in the same. Basically, there are two convincing arguments for dismissing the indictments in these cases: tainted grand jury testimony and abuse of the grand jury process.

I. BACKGROUND...

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