United States v. Alfred Joseph Samango

How courts have described this case

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• noting that even unintentional prosecutorial behavior can cause improper influence
• addressing the pervasive use of leading questions to obtain an indictment could undermine “the integrity of the judicial process.”
• employing cumulative error doctrine to invalidate results of grand jury proceeding
• “[ajlthough deliberate introduction of perjured testimony is perhaps the most flagrant example of misconduct, other prosecutorial behavior, even if unintentional, can also cause improper influence and usurpation of the grand jury’s role.”
• “Although deliberate introduction of perjured testimony is perhaps the most flagrant example of misconduct, other prosecutorial behavior, even if unintentional, can also cause improper influence and usurpation of the grand jury’s role.” (footnote omitted)
• dismissing indictment handed down by biased grand jury

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