Free Proposed Voir Dire - District Court of Connecticut - Connecticut

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT : : Plaintiff, : : v. : : ONE PARCEL OF PROPERTY : LOCATED AT 32 MEDLEY LANE, : BRANFORD, CONNECTICUT, : WITH ALL APPURTENANCES AND : IMPROVEMENTS THEREON, AND : : Defendant. : : [CLAIMANTS: HAROLD E. VON HOFE, : AND KATHLEEN M. VON HOFE] : UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Civil No. 3:01CV2290 (MRK)

January 14, 2005

GOVERNMENT'S SUBMISSION OF VOIR DIRE QUESTIONS 1. Do you, any members of your family, or any close friends know the attorney

representing the government in this case, Assistant United States Attorney David X. Sullivan? 2. who are: Kevin J. O'Connor, United States Attorney Robert Appleton Jonathan Biran William Brown Patrick Caruso Edward Chang William Collier Thomas V. Daily John A. Danaher, III Nora Dannehy John H. Durham Anastasia Enos James Filan James Finnerty Do you know any of the other federal prosecutors in the District of Connecticut,

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2 James G. Genco James I. Glasser Eric Glover Brenda Moss Green Michael Gustafson H. Gordon Hall Alex Hernandez John B. Hughes Carolyn Ikari Peter S. Jongbloed Maria Kahn Anthony E. Kaplan Keith King Henry Kopel Calvin Kurimai Brian Leaming Peter D. Markle Alina Marquez-Reynolds John Marrella Michael McGarry Raymond Miller Richard Molot Douglas Morabito William Nardini Lauren M. Nash Ann Nevins Krishna Patel Karen Peck Lisa Perkins Steven Reynolds David Ring Mark Rubino Michael E. Runowicz Kit Schmeisser Christine Sciarrino David Sheldon Deborah R. Slater Alan M. Soloway Robert Spector Brian Spears Geoffrey Stone Julie Turbert David Vatti

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Does anyone know the claimants in this case, Kathleen von Hofe, Harold von

Hofe, or any members of their family? 4. Does anyone know the claimants' attorneys, Jonathan Einhorn, James Cirillo, Jr.,

or anyone associated with their respective law firms? 5. Have you, any members of your family, or any close friends ever been

investigated, charged with, or convicted of a criminal offense, other than a minor traffic violation? 6. Have you, any members of your family, or any close friends ever been involved

in any civil lawsuit or tax audit involving the United States Government? 7. Have you, any members of your family, or any close friends ever had any of your

property seized or forfeited by the United States or any government entity? 8. Do you harbor any ill feelings for any reason toward any local, state or federal law

enforcement agents, or police officers? 9. Do you feel that the cultivation, sale, or distribution of marijuana should not be a

criminal offense? 10. Do you have any difficulty with a law that calls for a person to be deprived of his

or her property, if that property was used in furtherance of any violation of federal drug laws? 11. Do you feel that, upon listening to all the evidence in this case, you can return a

verdict which is completely fair and objective to the Claimants, Kathleen and Harold von Hofe and to the United States?

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4 12. Do any of you have relatives who are lawyers, law students, or work in a legal

related profession? 13. Do you have any physical or medical problems that would make it difficult for

you to sit as a juror in this trial? Respectfully submitted, KEVIN J. O'CONNOR UNITED STATES ATTORNEY

DAVID X. SULLIVAN ASSISTANT U.S. ATTORNEY P.O. BOX 1824 NEW HAVEN, CT 06508 (203) 821-3700 CT03793

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5 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE This is to certify that I have caused a copy of the within document to be sent via electronic mail and by first class mail, postage prepaid, on this 14 day of January, 2004, to: Claimants: James F. Cirillo, Jr., Esq. 500 E. Main Street Suite 326 Branford, CT 06405 (203) 488-9828 Jonathan J. Einhorn, Esq. 412 Orange Street New Haven, CT 06511 (203) 777-3777 (Harold von Hofe)

(Kathleen von Hofe)

DAVID X. SULLIVAN Assistant U.S. Attorney