United States v. John E. McKenzie Dale Bonura, Stephen Farrar, Stephen Reboul, Ronald F. Brink, Thomas R. Woodall and Richard Leblanc

GEE, Circuit Judge:

The district court dismissed the indictment in this case because of prosecutorial misconduct, and the government appeals.

On November 8, 1980, a New Orleans police officer was shot to death. There followed an intensive investigation by the police department to learn the identity of his murderers. During the investigation four citizens were killed by New Orleans police officers amidst allegations of beatings, illegal interrogations, and illegal ar rests by police. The Department of Justice empaneled a grand jury to investigate whether the alleged police misconduct violated…