U.S. v. SWENSON

No. 17-20131.

894 F.3d 677 (2018)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant v. Simone SWENSON, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

FILED July 3, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eileen K.. Wilson , Assistant U.S. Attorney, Carmen Castillo Mitchell , Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Texas, Houston, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Marjorie A. Meyers , Federal Public Defender, Charlotte Anne Herring , Evan Gray Howze , Assistant Federal Public Defender, H. Michael Sokolow , Assistant Federal Public Defender, Federal Public Defender's Office, Southern District of Texas, Houston, TX, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before HIGGINBOTHAM, SMITH, and CLEMENT, Circuit Judges.


We decide whether the district court abused its discretion by dismissing an indictment with prejudice because the prosecution missed pretrial discovery deadlines, mistakenly withheld some relevant documents until the eve of trial, and committed other errors that led the district court to conclude the "integrity...

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