United States v. Rittweger

OPINION AND ORDER

KOELTL, District Judge.

The defendants in this case — Thomas M. Rittweger (“Rittweger”), Douglas C. Brandon (“Brandon”), Robert S. DeHaven (“DeHaven”) and Victor M. Wexler (‘Wex-ler”) — were charged in a thirteen-count indictment on January 31, 2002. The Grand Jury returned a superseding indictment on April 9, 2003 (the “Superseding Indictment” or the “Indictment”). 1 While Richard J. Blech (“Blech”) was charged as a defendant in certain counts of the original indictment, he subsequently pleaded guilty to certain counts in that indictment, and was named as a coconspirator but…