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

Case 3:08-cr-00799-BEN

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1 ROBERT R. HENSSLER JR.

California State Bar No. 216165
2 FEDERAL DEFENDERS OF SAN DIEGO, INC.

225 Broadway, Suite 900
3 San Diego, California 92101-5008

Telephone: (619) 234-8467
4 email: [email protected] 5 Attorneys for Mr. Placencia-Medina 6 7 8 9 10

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA (HONORABLE ROGER T. BENITEZ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Case No. 08CR0799-BEN DATE: July 1, 2008 TIME: 9:00 a.m. NOTICE OF MOTIONS IN LIMINE AND MOTIONS IN LIMINE TO: (1) PRECLUDE 404(b) AND 609 EVIDENCE; (2) PRECLUDE DEPORTATION DOCUMENTS AS EVIDENCE OF ALIENAGE; (3) COMPEL INSPECTION OF CERTIFIED DOCUMENTS PRE-TRIAL; (4) PRECLUDE THE "A-FILE CUSTODIAN" FROM TESTIFYING ABOUT IMMIGRATION PROCEEDINGS; (5) PRECLUDE THE "A-FILE CUSTODIAN" FROM TESTIFYING ABOUT DATABASE SEARCHES; (6) ALLOW IMPEACHMENT OF ALL HEARSAY DECLARANTS; AND (7) GRANT LEAVE TO FILE FURTHER MOTIONS.

11 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 12 13 14 v. 15 16 17 GILBERTO PLACENCIA-MEDINA, 18 19 20 21 22

Plaintiff,

Defendant.

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TO:
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KAREN P. HEWITT, UNITED STATES ATTORNEY; AND AARON CLARK, ASSISTANT UNITED STATES ATTORNEY: PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that, on Tuesday, July 1, 2008, at 9:00 a.m., or as soon thereafter

26 as counsel may be heard, the accused, Gilberto Placencia-Medina, by and through his attorneys, Robert R. 27 Henssler, Jr., and Federal Defenders of San Diego, Inc., will ask this Court to enter an order granting the 28 motions listed below.

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MOTIONS Gilberto Placencia-Medina, the accused in this case, by and through his attorneys, Robert R.

3 Henssler, Jr., and Federal Defenders of San Diego, Inc., pursuant to the United States Constitution, Federal 4 Rules of Criminal Procedure, and all other applicable statutes, case law and local rules, hereby moves this 5 Court for an Order: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

1) Preclude 404(b) and 609 Evidence; 2) Preclude Deportation Documents as Evidence of Alienage; 3) Compel Inspection of Certified Documents Pre-trial; 4) Preclude the "A-file Custodian" from Testifying about Immigration Proceedings; 5) Preclude the "A-file Custodian" from Testifying about Database Searches; 6) Allow Impeachment of All Hearsay Declarants; and 7) Grant Leave to File Further Motions. These motions are based upon the instant motions and notice of motions, the attached

14 statement of facts and memorandum of points and authorities, and any and all other materials that may come 15 to this Court's attention at the time of the hearing on these motions. 16

Respectfully submitted,
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June 16, 2008

/s/ Robert R. Henssler, Jr. ROBERT R. HENSSLER, JR. Federal Defenders of San Diego, Inc. Attorneys for Mr. Placencia-Medina [email protected]

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