Legal Opinion
United States v. Hastings
District Court, E.D. Arkansas
Decided August 23, 1977No. LR-75-CR-242 and LR-76-CR-18PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
SHELL, District Judge.
These criminal cases present novel questions concerning the responsibilities of this Court to supervise terminations of prosecutions sought pursuant to Rule 48(a) of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure. The United States Department of Justice seeks dismissal simpliciter of two federal indictments on the basis of its conclusion that local law enforcement tactics employed in the. apprehension of these defendants are inimical to the concept of fundamental fairness guaranteed by the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution. In what appears to…
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