United States v. Cuong Gia Le

MEMORANDUM OPINION

ELLIS, District Judge.

Defendant Cuong Gia Le, one of seven defendants in this multi-count RICO 1 indictment, is charged, inter alia, with four capital offenses: Two counts of murder in aid of racketeering activity in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1959(a)(1) and two counts of murder in the course of a firearms offense in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1) and 924(j). After filing a series of superseding indictments, on February 27, 2004, the government filed its Notice of Intent to Seek the Death Penalty (“Death Notice”). Le now seeks to strike the government’s Death Notice as…