Legal Opinion
United States v. Chong
District Court, D. Hawaii
Decided December 7, 1999No. CR. 98-416 ACKPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER DENYING GOVERNMENT’S MOTION TO PROHIBIT ALLOCUTION
KAY, District Judge.
BACKGROUND
On November 4, 1999, the Government filed a motion to prohibit Defendant from allocuting 1 before the jury without being sworn and .subject to cross-examination. In support of its motion, the Government cites the recent Fifth Circuit decision, United States v. Hall, 152 F.3d 381 (5th Cir.1998), which rejected the defendant’s arguments that he had both statutory and common law rights to allocute before the sentencing jury. On November 10, 1999, Defendant fled his opposition to the motion. Defendant argues…
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