United States v. Gotti

AMENDED OPINION AND ORDER

SCHEINDLIN, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

When the Government indicted John A. Gotti in 2004, Gotti moved to dismiss the new charges, asserting that they were barred by the terms of his April 5, 1999 plea agreement with the Government. 1 I denied the motion, finding that the plea meant what it said and said what it meant. 2 The plea agreement permitted the Government to bring new charges that encompassed events occurring prior to the date of that agreement, so long as such charges were based on “additional evidence or in formation” that had come to the Government’s…