United States v. Castro

MEMORANDUM OF DECISION AND ORDER

SPATT, District Judge.

Presently before the Court are various pre-trial motions by Defendant Ledwin Castro (“Castro”). Castro contends that: (1) the indictment must be dismissed under the rule announced in Bartkus v. Illinois, 359 U.S. 121, 79 S.Ct. 676, 3 L.Ed.2d 684 (1959) because it violates the Fifth Amendment’s prohibition on double jeopardy; (2) the Government should be precluded from calling FBI Special Agent Reynaldo Tariche as an expert witness; and (3) the Court should preclude various pieces of evidence that the Government intends to offer at the…