United States v. Brianna Meadows

Meadows has challenged three rulings by the district court: denial of her motion to dismiss the indictment as the product of vindictive prosecution; allowing the government, during Meadows’ cross examination, to refer to that denial; and allowing the government to'make-an improper closing argument based on mathematical probability. I concur in the court’s disposition of her second challenge. Op. 1315-18. As to her first and third challenges,, I concur in part. For the first challenge, the court need only decide, assuming a presumption of vindictiveness, whether the government has satisfied…