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May 21, 2002.
May 21, 2002.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Arnold R. Silverstein, Wilson & Silverstein, Philadelphia, PA, Robert E. Welsh, Jr., Lisa A. Mathewson, Welsh & Recker, Philadelphia, PA, for Roberto Gonzalez.
Gina M. Cerone, Philadelphia, PA, for Gilberto Perez.
Ruben A. Rodriguez, Philadelphia, PA, James F. Brose, Media, PA, for Isreal Paniagua.
Jeannie Damirgian, Philadelphia, PA, for Luis Lozado.
Treva Hall Melvin, Melvin & Melvin, PC, West Chester, PA, for Efrain DeJesus-Torres.
Jeremy H. Gonzalez Ibrahim, Law Office of Jeremy H. Gonzalez Ibrahim, Philadelphia, PA, for Jesus Malave-Rodriguez.
Guillermo L. Bosch, Collegeville, PA, for Santos Gomez.
Nicolas Velez, Bronx, NY, Carlos A. Martir, Philadelphia, PA, for Ivan Torres.
Gina M. Cerone, Philadelphia, PA, Charles J. Cunningham, Philadelphia, PA, Elizabeth K. Ainslie, Schnader, Harrison, Segal & Lewis LLP, Philadelphia, PA, for Benjamin Mejias.
Jules Epstein, Kairys & Rudovsky, Philadelphia, PA, Timothy J. Sullivan, Sullivan & Sullivan, College Park, MD, for Carlos Ivan Llera-Plaza.
Michael F. Giampietro, Krasner & Restrepo, Philadelphia, PA, L. Felipe Restrepo, Krasner & Restrepo, Philadelphia, PA, for Wilfredo Martinez Acosta.
Gerald A. Stein, Philadelphia, PA, Philip J. Degnan, Law Offices of Philip J. Degnan, Philadelphia, PA, Bernard L. Siegel, Philadelphia, PA, for Victor Rodriguez.
S. Lee Ruslander, II, West chester, PA, for Frank Cecerez.
Michael E. Baughman, Dechert, Price & Rhoades, Philadelphia, PA, for Philadelphia Newspapers, Inc.
Thomas R. Perricone, David H. Resnicoff, U.S. Attorney's Office, Philadelphia, PA, for U.S.
United States District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania.
MEMORANDUM/ORDER
POLLAK, District Judge.
Yesterday, on May 20, 2002, I ruled from the bench that the motion for a mistrial of defendant Victor Rodriguez, in this capital case, made orally by counsel on May 15 and amplified by counsel's written submission on May 17, was granted. After announcing the ruling I undertook to present the reasons for that ruling in a bench opinion.
The event that was the catalyst for defendant Rodriguez's motion...
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