UPDATE WE HAVE THE ORDER- SCROLL DOWN- to use a phrase from the very first or second blog post we ever did, "it's a barn burner".
You don't tug on Superman's cape
You don't spit into the wind
You don't pull the mask off the old Lone Ranger
And in the SDFL - if you're a prosecutor you do not F with David Markus.
Judge Gayles blasted AUSAs Ron Davidson and Elijiah Levitt (formerly of the county court bench in Miami) for lying to the court about what they knew and when they knew it about a cooperating defendant who the government used to spy on defense attorneys during strategy sessions where the defense attorneys had signed a Joint Defense Agreement.
The Herald article is here. If someone has the order, please send it and we will post it. The most insidious part of the actions of the federal prosecutors is their initial pleadings in which they downplayed what the informant did and what they knew about it. Which- because federal judges do no think prosecutors or police officers ever lie- caused Judge Gayles to first not grant relief in the case.
That ended today when Gayles granted the defense motion for a new trial.
In this latest round it is DOM 1- USAO 0.
Pisoni Order Granting New Trial by Anonymous PbHV4H on Scribd