Legal Opinion
United States v. Cruz-Mercedes
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided May 15, 2019No. CRIMINAL ACTION NO. 14-10051-DPWPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DOUGLAS P. WOODLOCK, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
The Defendant, Hector Antonio Cruz-Mercedes, was charged in a multi-count indictment alleging a conspiracy to obtain income tax refunds fraudulently from the United States Treasury by filing materially false income tax forms.
Mr. Cruz-Mercedes moved [Dkt. No. 57] to suppress evidence seized by the Government as a result of what he contends was an unlawful arrest on June 7, 2012. He also moved [Dkt. No. 60] in what I will term his Daubert motion - in recognition that it sought my gate keeper determination regarding expert evidence under the…
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- Wong Sun v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
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3Cited by2 opinions
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