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Case 3:07-cr-00602-VRW

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DORON WEINBERG (SBN 46131) WEINBERG & WILDER 523 Octavia Street San Francisco, CA 94102 Telephone: (415) 431-3472 Facsimile: (415) 552-2703 [email protected] Attorneys for Defendant BERNARD V. WARD UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) vs. ) ) BERNARD V. WARD, ) ) Defendant. ) _____________________________ ) Case No. CR-07-0602 VRW AMENDED NOTICE OF MOTION OF MOTION FOR A RULING THAT THE DEFENDANT IS ENTITLED TO PRESENT THE AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE THAT HE RECEIVED AND DISTRIBUTED THE CHARGED CONTRABAND FOR LEGITIMATE, FIRST AMENDMENTPROTECTED PURPOSES DATE: TIME: COURT: JUDGE: TO: May 8, 2008 2:00 p.m. 6, 17th Floor Honorable Vaughn R. Walker

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ANDREW G. OOSTERBAAN AND STEVEN GROCKI, CRIMINAL DIVISION U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE: PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that on May 8, 2008, at 2:00 p.m., or as soon thereafter as the

matter may be heard, Defendant Bernard V . Ward, by and through his counsel, Doron Weinberg, will move the Court for its order permitting him to assert the affirmative defense at trial that his receipt and distribution of contraband materials was for legitimate purposes protected by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. The motion is based on this
Amended Notice of Motion and Motion for A Ruling That the Defendant is Entitled to Present An Affirmative Defense (Case No. CR-07-0602 VRW)

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Notice of Motion and Motion, the Memorandum of Points and Authorities and the Request for Judicial Notice in support of this motion which was filed with this Court on April 10, 2008, and such other and further argument and evidence as may be adduced at the hearing on this motion.

WEINBERG & WILDER /s/ Doron Weinberg By:___________________________________ DORON WEINBERG Attorney for Defendant BERNARD V. WARD

Dated: April 15, 2008

Amended Notice of Motion and Motion for A Ruling That the Defendant is Entitled to Present An Affirmative Defense (Case No. CR-07-0602 VRW)

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