Legal Opinion
United States v. Slough
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided December 31, 2009No. Criminal Action No.: 08-0360 (RMU)PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Granting the Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss the Indictment; Denying as Moot the Government’s Motion to Dismiss the Indictment Against Defendant Slatten Without Prejudice
RICARDO M. URBINA, District Judge.
[T]he basic purposes that lie behind the privilege against self-incrimination do not relate to protecting the innocent from conviction, but rather to preserving the integrity of a judicial system in which even the guilty are not to be convicted unless the prosecution shoulder the entire load. 1
I. INTRODUCTION
The defendants have been charged with voluntary manslaughter and…
2Cases cited64 opinions
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3Cited by19 opinions
- United States v. Nicholas SlattenCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2017
- United States v. SloughCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2011
- United States v. SloughDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2010
- United States v. SlattenCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2014
- United States v. SloughCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2014
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