This column reports on several significant, representative decisions handed down recently in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. Judge Nicholas G. Garaufis found that certain uncharged “similar act” evidence offered by the prosecution was not admissible. Judge Frederic Block denied a petition under the Hague Convention seeking the return of a young child to Ecuador. Judge Edward R. Korman denied intervention by anti-abortion groups in an action involving increased access to an emergency oral contraceptive. And Judge Jack B. Weinstein rejected equal protection, malicious prosecution and false arrest claims.
Similar Act Evidence
In United States v. Cadet, 08 CR 458 (EDNY, Sept. 11, 2009), Judge Garaufis granted in part, and denied in part, defendant’s motions to exclude certain similar act evidence at his upcoming trial.
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