| Accused Carpenters Union
Bribees Face April 5 Trial Judge Crotty Agrees
To Seal Document
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon
BBC
- Guardian
UK - Honduras
- The
Source
SDNY COURTHOUSE,
March 31 – Charged with
demanding bribes to join the
United Brotherhood of
Carpenters and Joiners of
America, Salvatore Tagliaferro
and John DeFalco face trial
before U.S. District Court for
the Southern District of New
York Judge Paul A. Crotty -
now on April 5.
On March 30,
Judge Crotty ruled on various
motions in limine: "OPINION
& ORDER as to Salvatore
Tagliaferro. The Court DENIES
the Government's motion in
limine to introduce the
Defendant's 1997 conviction as
impeachment evidence against
the Defendant or any character
witnesses, should they elect
to testify at trial. The 1997
conviction is inadmissible for
all purposes. The Court GRANTS
the Government's motion in
limine to introduce the two
kickback schemes as subjects
of cross-examination against
character witnesses. The Court
DENIES Tagliaferro's
cross-motion to exclude
evidence about the Contracting
Kickback in the Government's
case-in-chief. The Court
DEFERS judgment on the
Government's motion in limine
to preclude or otherwise limit
testimony regarding the
Defendant's prior activities
as a confidential informant."
Now on March 31,
this: "SEALING ORDER as to
Salvatore Tagliaferro. This
order GRANTS the parties'
request to file the following
material under seal: the
Government's supplemental
motion in limine ("SML"),
Tagliaferro's response (Def.'s
Resp. dated Mar. 25, 2021),
and the Government's reply
(Gov't's Reply dated Mar. 28,
2021) (collectively, "the
Briefing"), along with
Tagliaferro's ex parte letter
dated March 25, 2021 (the "Ex
Parte Letter"). The Court has
weighed the presumption of
public access to these
judicial documents against the
risk that public disclosure
would present a significant
risk to (1) Tagliaferro's
safety, (2) the safety of a
potential defense witness, and
(3) law enforcement efforts."
Inner City
Press will be pushing that
this in-person trial also be
open to the press and public
by phone, given COVID. It is
not either / or. Watch this
site.
This case is USA
v. Tagliaferro, et al.,
19-cr-472 (Crotty)
***
Your
support means a lot. As little as $5 a month
helps keep us going and grants you access to
exclusive bonus material on our Patreon
page. Click
here to become a patron.
Feedback:
Editorial [at] innercitypress.com
SDNY Press Room 480, front cubicle
500 Pearl Street, NY NY 10007 USA
Mail: Box 20047, Dag
Hammarskjold Station NY NY 10017
Reporter's mobile (and weekends):
718-716-3540
Other, earlier Inner City Press are
listed here,
and some are available in the ProQuest
service, and now on Lexis-Nexis.
Copyright 2006-2021 Inner City
Press, Inc. To request reprint or other
permission, e-contact Editorial [at]
innercitypress.com for
|
,
