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Case 1:00-cr-00531-WYD

Document 2744

Filed 02/25/2008

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO

Criminal Case No. 00-cr-00531-WYD-02 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, v. RUDY CABRERA SABLAN, Defendant. ______________________________________________________________________________ DEFENDANT'S RESPONSE TO GOVERNMENT'S MOTION IN LIMINE TO PRECLUDE DEFENDANT FAMILY IMPACT TESTIMONY (Docket #2726) ______________________________________________________________________________ Rudy Sablan requests an order denying the government's motion to preclude family impact testimony. 1. The Court has ruled on this issue in the William Sablan trial. Cases which

support the introduction of this important mitigation include Dutton v. Brown, 812 F.2d 593 (10th Cir. 1987); United States v. Wilson, 493 F. Supp. 2d 491, 506 (E.D.N.Y. 2007); United States v. Fell, 2005 WL 1634067 (D.Vt. 2005), and the cases discussed in the Declaration of Kevin McNally, attached to William Sablan's supplement to his response to the government's motion to preclude evidence of family impact filed March 26, 2007 (Docket #2436), which is incorporated herein by reference. WHEREFORE, Rudy Sablan requests an order denying the government's motion in limine on this issue.

Case 1:00-cr-00531-WYD

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Respectfully submitted, s/ Forrest W. Lewis Forrest W. Lewis FORREST W. LEWIS, P.C. 1600 Broadway, Suite 1525 Denver, Colorado 80202 Telephone: (303) 830-2190 Facsimile: (303) 830-1466 E-mail: [email protected] Donald R. Knight KNIGHT & MOSES, LLC 7852 S. Elati Street, Suite 201 Littleton, Colorado 80120 Telephone: (303) 797-1645 Facsimile: (303) 730-0858 E-mail: [email protected] Attorneys for Defendant Rudy Sablan

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that the foregoing DEFENDANT'S RESPONSE TO GOVERNMENT'S MOTION IN LIMINE TO PRECLUDE DEFENDANT FAMILY IMPACT TESTIMONY (Docket #2726) was electronically filed with the Clerk of the Court using the CM/ECF system on this 25th day of February, 2008, which will send notification of such filing to the to the following e-mail addresses: Brenda Taylor [email protected] Philip Brimmer [email protected]

s/Polly Ashley