United States v. Barletta

MEMORANDUM

TAURO, District Judge.

Two issues, one substantive, the other procedural, have permeated the prior proceedings and rulings in this case. The substantive issue concerned the admissibility of a tape recording of a telephone conversation between the defendant and a government informer. The procedural question presented was whether, in a criminal case, a district judge may, for good cause, defer until trial a ruling on a pretrial motion to admit evidence filed by the government. Both of these issues were addressed in sum*221mary fashion in this court’s first opinion in this case. See 492…