U.S. v. STEIN

No. SI 05 Crim. 0888(LAK).

429 F.Supp.2d 648 (2006)

UNITED STATES of America, v. Jeffrey STEIN, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

May 3, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Justin S. Weddle, Margaret Garnett, U.S. Attorney's Office, New York, NY, Stanley John Okula, Jr., U.S. Attorney's Office, White Plains, NY, for Plaintiff.

Craig D. Margolis, Vinson & Elkins L.L.P., Michael James Madigan, Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP, Leon Rodriguez, Ober, Kalen, Grimes & Shriver, Ernest Lawrence Barcella, Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker, LLP, James K. Robinson, Michael Evan Horowitz, Michelle Rose Seltzer, Cadwalader, Wickersham, & Taft LLP, John N. Nassikas, III, Joseph Ray Price, Arent Fox PLLC, Washington, DC, David Spears, Richards Spears Kibbe & Orbe LLP, Christopher Schulten, Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, L.L.P., Robert Steven Fink, Caroline Rule, Fran Obeid, Kostelanetz & Fink, LLP, Stanley Samuel Arkin, Elizabeth Ann Fitzwater, Arkin Kaplan LLP, Ronald E. Depetris, Depetris & Bachrach, LLP, Alexandra A.E. Shapiro, Latham & Watkins LLP, Jack S. Hoffinger, Susan D. Hoffinger, Hoffinger Stern & Ross LLP, Stuart Edward Abrams, Frankel & Abrams, Leif Thorsten Simonson, Michael Sangyun Kim, Kobre & Kim LLP, Diana Davis Parker, Diana D. Parker, John Russell Wing, Lankler Siffert & Wohl LLP, Deborah Salzberg, Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP, John F. Kaley, Doarrieck & Mack, Gregory Paul Gulia, Duane Morris, LLP, James R. Devita, Bryan Cave LLP, J. Bruce Maffeo, J. Bruce Maffeo, Esq., Russell Gioiella, Litman, Asche Lupkin, Gioiella & Bassin, LLP, Priya Chaudhry, Susan Rose Necheles, Hafetz & Necheles, Martin Joel Auerbach, Martin J. Auerbach, Esq., David B. Pitofsky, Richard Mark Strassberg, Goodwin Procter, LLP, New York, NY, Christopher Tarpy Schulten, Alan J. Harris, P.C., Pleasantville, NY, Joseph V. Diblasi, Joseph V. Diblasi, Esq., Kew Gardens, NY, Steven Mark Bauer, Karli E. Sager, Latham & Watkins, LLP, George Dominic Niespolo, Kathryn Emily White, Stephen Holbrook Sutro, Duane Morris LLP, San Francisco, CA, David C. Scheper, Overland Borenstein Scheper & Kim LLP, Los Angeles, CA, Ann Carol Moorman, Law Offices of Ann C. Moorman, Cristina Claypoole Arguedas, Ted Walter Cassman, Arguedas, Cassman & Headley LLP, Berkeley, CA, M. Todd Welty, Meadows Owens et al., Dallas, TX, Gregory Vega, Patrick Quinn Hall, Seltzer Caplan McMahon Vitek, San Diego, CA, Lee David Foreman, Pamela Robillard Mackey, Haddon, Morgan, Mueller, Jordan, Mackey & Foreman, P.C., Denver, CO, for Defendants.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

KAPLAN, District Judge.

The question before the Court is whether instructing a criminal jury at the outset of a trial on the elements the offenses charged is improper.

Background

By order dated April 7, 2006, the Court advised counsel that it would consider a number of trial procedures in furtherance of trying this multi-defendant case expeditiously and efficiently. The proposed procedures state:

"The...

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