Opinion
CRIMINAL ACTION 20-453-1-2-3
11-08-2022
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. ZUMAR DUBOSE ABDUSH DUBOSE KARIEM DUBOSE
ORDER
WENDY BEETLESTONE, J.
AND NOW, this 8th day of November, 2022, upon consideration of the Government's Motions in Limine (ECFs No. 165 & 183), and the Defendants' responses thereto (ECF Nos. 169, 170, 173, 186 & 187), IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:
1. The Government's Motion to Preclude Argument Contravening the Law of the Case and Argument Blaming the Victims is GRANTED.
2. The Government's Motion to Admit Audio Recordings is GRANTED.
3. The Government's Motion to Admit Impeachment Evidence Under Federal Rule of Evidence 609 is GRANTED IN PART and DENIED IN PART.
a. The Motion is GRANTED as to Defendant Zumar Dubose's 2017 theft by unlawful taking conviction.
b. The Motion is DENIED as to Defendant Zumar Dubose's 2010 burglary conviction.
It is FURTHER ORDERED that Defendant Zumar Dubose's Motion filed at ECF No. 181 is DENIED except to the extent that it joins his Co-Defendant's Responses to the Government's Supplemental Starks Briefing (ECF No. 183). Defendant Zumar Dubose's letters filed at ECF Nos. 182, 184, and 185 are DENIED for the reasons set forth in the accompanying opinion.