United States v. Honken

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER REGARDING GOVERNMENT’S PRE-TRIAL MOTIONS

BENNETT, Chief District Judge.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

I. INTRODUCTION.933

A. Background.933

1. The 1993 case.933

2. The 1996 case.933

B. Procedural Background To The Present Case.934

1. Indictments in the present case.934

2. Pre-trial motions .937

II. LEGAL ANALYSIS.938

A. Defendant’s Admissions.938

1. Arguments of the parties .938

2. Analysis .940

a. Res gestae.940

b. Admission of party opponent.942

c. Judicial estoppel.943

d. Relevance, prejudice, cumulativeness, and “other crimes”.945

e. Overbreadth.946

3. Summary .946

B. Admissibility Of…