Legal Opinion
Bank of Nova Scotia v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 22, 1988No. 87-578PublishedCited by 930 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Kennedy
The issue presented is whether a district court may invoke its supervisory power to dismiss an indictment for prosecuto-rial misconduct in a grand jury investigation, where the misconduct does not prejudice the defendants. .
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In 1982, after a 20-month investigation conducted before two successive grand juries, eight defendants, including petitioners William A. Kilpatrick, Decían J. O’Donnell, Sheila C. Lerner, and The Bank of Nova Scotia, were indicted on 27 counts. The first 26 counts charged all defendants with conspiracy and some of them with mail and tax fraud. Count 27 charged…
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