Free Motion to Preclude Evidence - District Court of California - California

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JENNIFER L. COON California State Bar No. 203913 FEDERAL DEFENDERS OF SAN DIEGO, INC. 225 Broadway, Suite 900 San Diego, California 92101-5008 Telephone: (619) 234-8467 email: [email protected] Attorneys for Mr. Hernandez-Rivera

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 8 SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 (HONORABLE M. JAMES LORENZ) 10 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 11 Plaintiff, 12 v. 13 RIGOBERTO HERNANDEZ-RIVERA, 14 Defendant. 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 08CR0719-L ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) CASE NO.08CR0719-L DATE: August 25, 2008 TIME: 10:00 a.m. NOTICE OF MOTIONS IN LIMINE AND MOTIONS IN LIMINE TO: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) PRECLUDE EVIDENCE OF OTHER INDIVIDUALS IN THE VEHICLE; PRECLUDE EVIDENCE OF USE OF FALSE DOCUMENTS BY OTHERS; PRECLUDE 404(b) AND 609 EVIDENCE; PRECLUDE A-FILE DOCUMENTS; COMPEL INSPECTION OF CERTIFIED DOCUMENTS PRE-TRIAL; PRECLUDE THE "A-FILE CUSTODIAN" FROM TE S T IFYING ABOUT IMMIGRATION PROCEEDINGS; PRECLUDE THE "A-FILE CUSTODIAN" FROM TESTIFYING ABOUT DATABASE SEARCHES; ALLOW IMPEACHMENT OF ALL HEARSAY DECLARANTS; EXCLUDE WITNESSES ("A-FILE CUSTODIAN"); ALLOW ATTORNEY-CONDUCTED VOIR DIRE; ORDER PRODUCTION OF GRAND JURY TRANSCRIPTS; PROHIBIT WITNESSES FROM REFERRING TO MR. HERNANDEZRIVERA AS "THE ALIEN"; AND GRANT LEAVE TO FILE FURTHER MOTIONS.

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KAREN P. HEWITT, UNITED STATES ATTORNEY; AND NICOLE A. JONES, ASSISTANT UNITED STATES ATTORNEY: PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that on August 25, 2008, at 10:00 a.m. or as soon thereafter as counsel

may be heard, the defendant, Rigoberto Hernandez-Rivera, by and through his counsel, Jennifer L. Coon and Federal Defenders of San Diego, Inc., will ask this Court to enter an order granting the following motions. // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // 2 08CR0719-L

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MOTIONS Rigoberto Hernandez-Rivera, the accused in this case, by and through his attorneys, Jennifer L. Coon and Federal Defenders of San Diego, Inc., pursuant to the United States Constitution, Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, and all other applicable statutes, case law and local rules, hereby moves this Court for an Order to: 1) Preclude Evidence Of Other Individuals in the Vehicle; 2) Preclude Evidence of Use of False Documents by Others; 3) Preclude 404(b) and 609 Evidence; 4) Preclude A-File Documents; 5) Compel Inspection of Certified Documents Pre-trial; 6) Preclude the "A-file Custodian" from Testifying about Immigration Proceedings; 7) Preclude the "A-file Custodian" from Testifying about Database Searches; 8) Allow Impeachment of All Hearsay Declarants; 9) Exclude Witnesses ("A-file Custodian"); 10) Allow Attorney-Conducted Voir Dire; 11) Order Production of Grand Jury Transcripts; 12) Prohibit Witnesses from Referring to Mr. Hernandez-Rivera as "the Alien"; and 13) Grant Leave to File Further Motions. These motions are based upon the instant motions and notice of motions, the attached statement of facts and memorandum of points and authorities, and any and all other materials that may come to this Court's attention at the time of the hearing on these motions. Respectfully submitted, /s/ Jennifer L. Coon JENNIFER L. COON Federal Defenders of San Diego, Inc. Attorneys for Mr. Hernandez-Rivera

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