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S.D.Fla.: $601k Hyde Amendment sanction against government

By John Wesley Hall, Jr.

Back in March, I had this post about the government listening to lawyer telephone calls trying to trap the lawyer, to no avail. Yesterday, a federal judge in Miami issued a Hyde Amendment order sanctioning the government $601,000 in the case. See Feds Ordered to Pay More Than $600K in Legal Fees for Misconduct in Fla. Drug Case. The Miami Herald article is here: Accusing federal prosecutors of knowingly and repeatedly violating ethical guidelines in a high-profile narcotics trial, a Miami federal judge Thursday reprimanded multiple assistant U.S. attorneys who took part in the case -- and fined the federal government more than $600,000. U.S. District Judge Alan Gold's harshly critical 50-page order takes the federal government to task for acting deceptively and ''in bad faith'' in the case of Miami Beach doctor Ali Shaygan, who was acquitted last month of 141 counts of illegally prescribing painkillers...continue to full post

Full post as published by Law Of Criminal Defense on April 10, 2009 (boomark / email).