Legal Opinion
Powell v. Town of Sharpsburg
District Court, E.D. North Carolina
Decided November 25, 2008No. 5:06-cr-00117PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
JAMES E. GATES, United States Magistrate Judge.
This case comes before the court for determination of what, if any, sanctions should be imposed against defendant, its counsel, or both as a result of the destruction of various work orders at issue in this case. This order is the culmination of a series of proceedings relating to the destruction of the work orders. (See 17 Oct. 2008 order (DE #211), pp. 4-6; 16 Sept. 2008 order (DE #207), p. 5). For the reasons set forth below, the court finds that the sanction of an adverse inference instruction to the jury is warranted, subject to the…
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