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This document is page 178 (Bates DOJ-OGR-00003112) of a filing in Case 1:20-cr-00330-PAE (United States v. Ghislaine Maxwell), dated April 16, 2021. It is a legal memorandum discussing Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 7 and the standards for the sufficiency of an indictment. The text cites various legal precedents (Alfonso, Resendiz-Ponce, Wey, Stringer) to argue that an indictment generally does not need to specify evidentiary details or how an offense was committed, provided it tracks the statutory language and protects against double jeopardy.

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Name Role Context
Alfonso Case Citation Subject
United States v. Alfonso (2d. Cir. 1998)
Resendiz-Ponce Case Citation Subject
United States v. Resendiz-Ponce (2007)
Hamling Case Citation Subject
Hamling (418 U.S. at 117)
Wey Case Citation Subject
United States v. Wey (S.D.N.Y. 2017)
Coffey Case Citation Subject
United States v. Coffey (E.D.N.Y. 2005)
Stringer Case Citation Subject
United States v. Stringer (2d Cir. 2013)
Walsh Case Citation Subject
United States v. Walsh (2d Cir. 1999)

Organizations (3)

Name Type Context
United States District Court
Implied by Case Number 1:20-cr-00330-PAE and S.D.N.Y. citations
Second Circuit Court of Appeals
Cited in legal precedents
Department of Justice
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Southern District of New York (cited in case Wey)
Eastern District of New York (cited in case Coffey)

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"the sufficiency of the evidence is not appropriately addressed on a pretrial motion to dismiss an indictment."
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"an indictment “must be a plain, concise, and definite written statement of the essential facts constituting the offense charged . . . .”"
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"“[a]n indictment does not . . . ‘have to specify evidence or details of how the offence was committed.’”"
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"the Second Circuit “has repeatedly refused, in the absence of any showing of prejudice, to dismiss . . . charges for lack of specificity.”"
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