United States v. Cuong Gia Le

MEMORANDUM OPINION

ELLIS, District Judge.

Defendant Cuong Gia, one of seven defendants in this multi-count RICO 1 indictment, is the only one of the defendants who may be subject to capital punishment if convicted of murder in aid of racketeering activity, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1959(a)(1). When the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) initiated the internal administrative process to determine whether the government would seek the death penalty against Le, his counsel promptly sought disclosure from the government of all exculpatory material, arguing that the government’s Brady-Giglio obligations…