United States v. Elizabeth Sanders James Sanders

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• holding that the standard for ordering discovery on a vindictive prosecution claim is the same as that for ordering discovery on a selective prosecution claim
• “To warrant discovery, the defendant must show ‘some evidence’ of ‘genuine animus,’ not the mere possibility that animus might exist under the circumstances.”
• court rejected defendant's contention that the chronology of three triggering events showed sufficient evidence of a genuine animus to warrant discovery
• “To warrant discovery, the defendant must show some evidence of genuine animus, not the mere possibility that animus might exist under the circumstances.”
• the prosecution of a defendant who refused to cooperate with the government by revealing confidential news source does not reflect animus or a retaliatory motive
• “A presumption of vindictiveness generally does not arise in a pretrial setting.”

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