United States v. Marcello

SEAR, District Judge.

I. Introduction

Defendants in a government prosecution resulting from the Justice Department’s undercover “sting” operation code-named “BRILAB” have brought various pretrial motions to dismiss the indictment against them or, failing that, to suppress certain evidence which they contend was illegally obtained. The defendants first move to dismiss the indictment because of what they characterize as governmental overreaching and jurisdiction artificially created by the government. They also contend in these motions that prejudicial publicity resulting from leaks to the news…