Free Motion to Strike - District Court of Arizona - Arizona

1 JON M. SANDS Federal Public Defender 2 District of Arizona 850 W. Adams Street, Ste. 201 3 Phoenix, Arizona 85007 4 Telephone: (602) 382-2727 5 MILAGROS A. CISNEROS, #020410 Asst. Federal Public Defender 6 Attorney for Defendant 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 vs. Bella Ben-Henry, Defendant. If the Court rules against defendant, Bella Ben-Henry, in her motion for a jury determination of the sentencing enhancement facts, then she respectfully requests that this Court strike from the Indictment the sentencing enhancement Plaintiff, IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF ARIZONA United States of America, No. CR 04-1018-PHX-JAT MOTION TO STRIKE SURPLUSSAGE FROM INDICTMENT (Argument and Hearing Requested)

18 factors. Reading them to the jury would be unnecessary to the jury's findings, would 19 constitute improper comments on the evidence, and would consequently be highly 20 prejudicial to Ms. Ben-Henry's right to a fundamentally fair trial provided by the 21 Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution. The Defense believes that the 22 government would concur with this request, in light of the U.S. Supreme Court's 23 recent decision in United States v. Booker, 125 S. Ct. 738 (2005). 24 Respectfully submitted: August 25, 2005. 25 26 27 28 s/Milagros A. Cisneros MILAGROS A. CISNEROS Assistant Federal Public Defender JON M. SANDS Federal Public Defender

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1 Copy of the foregoing transmitted by CM/ECF for filing this 25th day 2 of August, 2005, to: 3 DAN DRAKE 4 Assistant United States Attorney Two Renaissance Square 5 40 North Central Avenue Suite 1200 6 Phoenix, Arizona 85004-4408 7 BRIAN F. RUSSO 111 W. Monroe Street, Ste. 1212 8 Phoenix, Arizona 85003 Attorney for Co-Defendant Pat Chee Miller 9 10 TIMOTHY C. HOLTZEN 245 W. Roosevelt Street 11 Phoenix, Arizona 85003 Attorney for Co-Defendant Frederick Marianito 12 JOANNE F. LANDFAIR 13 331 N. First Avenue, Ste. 103 Phoenix, Arizona 85003 14 Attorney for Co-Defendant Ed Preston 15 16 Copy mailed to: 17 BELLA BEN-HENRY Defendant 18 19 s/Milagros A. Cisneros M. Cisneros 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
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