DOJ-OGR-00021744.pdf

Case 22-1426, Document 87, 07/27/2023, 3548202, Page2 of 35 TABLE OF CONTENTS Page TABLE OF AUTHORITIES ............................................................................................................................... iii PRELIMINARY STATEMENT IN REPLY ................................................................................................... 1 POINT I (Point I in Appellant's Principal Brief) MS. MAXWELL IS A THIRD-PARTY BENEFICIARY OF A NON-PROSECUTION AGREEMENT WHICH, BY ITS TERMS, BARRED THE USAO-SDNY FROM PROSECUTING MS. MAXWELL FOR THESE OFFENSES ............................................... 2 A. Ms. Maxwell has Standing to Enforce the Non-Prosecution Agreement as a Third-Party Beneficiary .................... 3 B. The Co-Conspirators Provision of the Non-Prosecution Agreement Binds the USAO-SDNY and Annabi is not to the Contrary ......................................................................................................................................................... 7 C. The Court's Failure to Hold a Hearing on the Scope of the Non-Prosecution Agreement is an Error ........................... 11 POINT II (Point IV in Appellant's Principal Brief) THE DISTRICT COURT ERRED IN CREDITING A JUROR'S PATENTLY DISHONEST TESTIMONY OFFERED TO EXPLAIN FALSE ANSWERS TO MATERIAL QUESTIONS IN VOIR DIRE AND FURTHER ERRED IN CONCLUDING THAT HONEST ANSWERS TO THOSE SAME QUESTIONS WOULD HAVE NOT PROVIDED A VALID BASIS TO REMOVE THE JUROR FOR CAUSE ............................................................................................................................... 13 A. Juror 50 Concealed Material Information in Voir Dire by Giving False Answers on a Juror Questionnaire and Then Lied About it to the Court in a Post-Verdict Hearing ....................................................................................... 13 B. Had Juror 50 Disclosed in Voir Dire his Traumatic Experience as a Victim of Child Sex Abuse, the Information Would Have Established a Valid Basis for a Cause Challenge ............... 16 i DOJ-OGR-00021744