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Summary
This document is Page 71 of 80 from a filing in the Ghislaine Maxwell case (Case 1:20-cr-00330-PAE), filed on July 2, 2021. The content is an excerpt from the Pennsylvania Supreme Court opinion overturning Bill Cosby's conviction ([J-100-2020]), discussing the legal principle of 'reasonable reliance' on a prosecutor's public promise not to prosecute. This precedent was likely submitted by Maxwell's defense to argue for the validity of the Epstein Non-Prosecution Agreement (NPA).
People (3)
| Name | Role | Context |
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| Cosby | Defendant (in cited case) |
Subject of the legal opinion regarding reliance on a prosecutor's promise not to prosecute.
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| D.A. Castor | District Attorney |
Made a public announcement regarding a charging decision that Cosby relied upon.
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| Justice Black | Supreme Court Justice (Historical) |
Cited for an explanation regarding the necessity of counsel and knowledge in the criminal justice process.
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Organizations (3)
| Name | Type | Context |
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| The Commonwealth |
Prosecuting authority (Pennsylvania) in the Cosby case.
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| Department of Justice (DOJ) |
Indicated by the Bates stamp (DOJ-OGR).
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| United States District Court |
Implied by case number 1:20-cr-00330-PAE (SDNY).
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2021-07-02
Document filed in Case 1:20-cr-00330-PAE (United States v. Ghislaine Maxwell).
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Cosby relied on Castor's public announcement regarding charging decisions.
Key Quotes (3)
"If Cosby’s reliance was unreasonable... then reasonableness would require a defendant in a similar position to disbelieve an elected district attorney’s public statement and to discount the experience and wisdom of his own counsel."Source
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"We find nothing unreasonable about Cosby’s reliance upon his attorneys and upon D.A. Castor’s public announcement of the Commonwealth’s charging decision."Source
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"We decline to construe as unreasonable the failure to do that which the law does not require."Source
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