Legal Opinion
Ferrara v. United States
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided August 10, 2006No. 05-1736, 05-1830, 05-1874PublishedCited by 100 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
It is axiomatic that the government must turn square corners when it undertakes a criminal prosecution. This axiom applies regardless of whether the target of the prosecution is alleged to have engaged in the daintiest of white-collar crimes or the most heinous of underworld activities. It follows that courts must be scrupulous in holding the government to this high standard as to sympathetic and unsympathetic defendants alike. The case before us plays out against the backdrop of these aphorisms.
More than ten years after he pleaded guilty to racketeering and related…
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- Giglio v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
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