United States v. Sims

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

ALESIA, District Judge.

Before the court are: (1) plaintiff United States of America’s motion for expansion of the record and (2) defendant Rufus Sims’s motion for return of property pursuant to Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 41(e). For the following reasons, the court grants plaintiffs motion for expansion of the record and denies defendant’s motion for return of property.

I. BACKGROUND

Defendant Rufus Sims (“Sims”) was charged in a nineteen-count indictment for actions relating to his narcotics and racketeering operations. A jury found him guilty of eight counts…