EFTA00186725¶
U.S. Department of Justice¶
United States Attorney Southern District of Florida¶
500 South Australian Ave., Suite 400¶
West Palm Beach, FL 33401¶
September 14, 2006¶
DELIVERY BY UNITED STATES MAIL¶
Assistant State Attorney¶
State Attorney’s Office¶
15th Judicial Circuit of Florida¶
West Palm Beach, Florida¶
Re: Federal Grand Jury Subpoena¶
Dear Ms.¶
Thank you for your letter of September 12, 2006. As I mentioned in my voicemail message of September 13, 2006, prior to the issuance of the grand jury subpoena, I had received information from your office and the Clerk and Comptroller’s Office that you had physical possession of the items sought by the subpoena. Based upon your statements to the agents, I investigated further and learned that the Clerk and Comptroller’s Office now has the items. Accordingly, the State Attorney’s Office is released from its obligation to appear before the grand jury and to produce any items in response to the subpoena.¶
Regarding the disclosure of the receipt of the subpoena to the State Attorney, it was told of the existence of the subpoena before it was served and there is no bar to disclosing the subpoena to him – it is addressed to the State Attorney’s Office. The federal law regarding disclosure of matters occurring before the grand jury appears at Rule 6 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure.¶
Thank you for your assistance.¶
Sincerely,¶
By:¶
R. Alexander Acosta¶
EFTA00186726¶