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fe NO Ww ws Oo OY ~] oO Ke) 20 21 22 23 24 25 Case 1:19-cr-00490-R J8RSEPS1 court must s till ma MB Document 53 conclusory s appropriate does no IG tLatement is also, from consider the views of and before deciding whe done here both as that we have forward H in my vi ke its own independent det Filed 09/03/19 the government that requir t satisfy the court's obliga d that W, the victims in ther LO a mat in this matter. In a case called Unit ter of for the victims' grant law and as a measure of di ted States v. the case at Page 7 of 86 7 rmin dism the the motion. Heaton, a-t-o-n=; a sexual o point out, the government to dismiss a charge against a det Ffense against a young victim. very importantly, alive, Neverthel evaluating the Rul Cassell -- who is now a law professor at and is regarded to be a noted expert in victims' concluded that under less, which distinguishes it think that that det it is irrelevan from our case. le 48 mot tion, then dist trict J t the U filed a Rule 48 motion Although fendant was still t be udge nive ation. A issal is tions. court t the hearing This is being respect Ficult decisions to come for leave Fendant who allegedly committed I should cause in ul Pa F Utah rsi r ights the Crime Victims' have broad rights that grant a governmen Cc mo I completely share that Rights Act, victims extend to a court's decision whether to tion to dismiss under Rule 48. viewpoint in these circumstances, even though the facts of our case, as said, are somewhat different from those in Heaton. [ believe it is SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C. (212) 805-0300 DOJ-OGR-00000645