Prosecutors on Wednesday asked Judge Ewing Werlein Jr. of United States District Court in Houston to dismiss three charges against the former banker, James A. Brown.
In a hearing here on Wednesday, federal prosecutors asked the judge in the case to dismiss three counts: racketeering, racketeering conspiracy and one wire fraud count.
"It's a new beginning," declared Jodi Darowitsch, 46, a teacher and fierce Mets fan from Glendale, Queens, who doesn't dismiss three games against the Braves as insufficient evidence to validate the start of a dynasty.
He denied his lawyers' motion to suppress the use of wiretaps at trial and to dismiss three of the counts in the government's complaint that were claimed to be either vague or duplicative.
[C10] 3 Charges Dropped Against Scrushy A federal judge indicated that she would dismiss three perjury charges from the 58 counts against Richard M. Scrushy, left, the former chief executive of HealthSouth.
"How are they going to compete," he said, "if we don't just get cash?" Objections were also raised to Judge Kaplan's decision to dismiss three lawsuits brought against the two houses by buyers at foreign auctions.
