Gregory Robert Miller's Legal Cases (5)

Government

U.S. v. Danny Harold Rolling, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida, Case No. GCR 91-01023 MMP

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This case resulted from one of the largest federal, state, and local task forces ever assembled to investigate a series of crimes. It was described by U.S. Department of Justice officials as the one o ... f the most significant firearms cases prosecuted from 1991 through 1993. Rolling was convicted, by jury verdict, of firearms and bank robbery charges. At the time of his trial, Rolling was the chief suspect in the brutal slaying of five University of Florida students which shocked the nation in Fall of 1990. After a week long trial, Rolling was convicted of using force, violence, and intimidation to rob the First Union National Bank in Gainesville, Florida, on August 27, 1990, and of using a handgun during the commission of the bank robbery. The robbery took place on the same day the bodies of two of the murder victims were found several blocks from the bank. Mr. Rolling was tried before the Honorable Maurice M. Paul (Chief U.S. District Judge, Northern District of Florida) and a jury from March 16 through March 23, 1992. The jury returned guilty verdicts on all charges. I served as lead counsel in the investigation and prosecution of the federal case against Rolling.

Government

United States v. Grenhagen, et al., U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida, Case No. GCR 90- 01043 MMP

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In June 1993, a fugitive from a l985 indictment returned in the Northern District of Florida, surrendered to federal authorities in Gainesville, Florida. Following his surrender, he revealed the exist ... ence of a major drug smuggling group, later identified as the Duboc-Knock organization. The subsequent investigation of this organization revealed that since the mid l980s the organization had smuggled at least 120 metric tons of hashish and marijuana into the United States and Canada on a yearly basis. Based on evidence obtained during the subsequent investigation, several lower level members of the organization, including Nicolaas Grenhagen, were indicted in the Northern District of Florida. In mid-January, 1994, in the midst of a week long trial in Gainesville, Florida, two defendants who were on trial pleaded guilty and agreed to cooperate with the U.S. Attorney's Office. One of these individuals identified the leaders of the drug smuggling organization as Claude Duboc and John Knock. Roger Darmon was identified as a key participant in many of the large illegal importations into Canada and the United States. The resultant investigation of the Knock-Duboc organization resulted in the successful dismantlement of the one of the largest and most successful drug trafficking/money laundering organizations in United States history. Grenhagen was tried before the Honorable Maurice M. Paul (Chief U.S. District Judge, Northern District of Florida) and a jury from January 25, 1994, through February 2, 1994. On February 2, 1994, he was found guilty of Counts I and II (conspiracies to possess marijuana with intent to distribute and to import marijuana into the United States, respectively) and was found not guilty of Count III (conspiracy to launder drugs proceeds).

Government

United States v. Tsalickis, et. al.: U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida, Case No. 88-158-Cr-T-13(B)

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The case against these defendants involved the seizure of 3,303 kilograms of cocaine from inside a warehouse in Tarpon Springs, Florida. The case was significant in that, at the time of the investigat ... ion, the case resulted in one of the largest seizures of cocaine in the history of the United States. The investigation of the case identified the involvement of the Cali Cocaine Cartel in the importation of more than 25,000 kilograms of cocaine into the United States. A key target of the Governmentâ€™s investigation, Jose Santacruz-Londono, was eventually killed by Colombian authorities in March 1996. The case was unique due to the complexity of the importation and the extensive steps taken to conceal the identities of those involved in the importation and the laundering of extensive drug proceeds. Pedro Narvaez and Fredy Perez were tried before the Honorable George C. Carr (U.S. District Judge, Middle District of Florida) and a jury in a multi-week trial which ended on or about December 4, 1988. Michael Tsalickis was tried before Judge Carr and a jury in a multi-week trial which ended on November 4, 1988. The juries returned guilty verdicts against each of the defendants on all counts charged in the Indictment. Because of the complexity of this case, responsibilities for the investigation and prosecution were split equally between AUSA Walter Furr and myself.

Government

United States v. Jong Mun Park, et al.: U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida, Case No. 87-406-Cr-T-15(A)

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Briefly summarized, this case involved the Coast Guard's discovery of approximately 44,000 pounds of marijuana in a hidden compartment on the YOKO MARU, a foreign registered ship. The evidence establ ... ished that the YOKO MARU was headed with its marijuana cargo to offload at a point off the southwest coast of Florida. The case was significant in three respects. First, it represented a successful prosecution of eight co-conspirators in a very difficult to prove "hidden compartment" case. Second, the investigation resulted in the dismantlement of a large importation group which had been utilizing a fleet of converted Korean fishing trawlers to smuggle marijuana into the United States. Third, the investigation of the case resulted in the indictment, and subsequent destruction, of a major southwest Florida marijuana distribution organization. I was sole counsel for the United States in the investigation and prosecution of this matter. The case was tried before the Honorable William J. Castagna and a jury in a multi-week trial which ended on or about December 4, 1988. The jury returned verdicts of guilty against eight defendants as to all counts charged in the indictment. The charges against a ninth defendant were dismissed by Judge Castagna at the conclusion of the Governmentâ€™s case.

Government

United States v. Claude Duboc, et al., U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida, Case No. GRC 94-01009-MMP

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The investigation and March 19, 1994, indictment of Claude Duboc, John Knock and Roger Darmon is one of largest active drug investigations/prosecutions ever conducted. The Governmentâ€™s investigat ... ion of the case established that an organization co-headed by Duboc and Knock, smuggled up to 120 metric tons of marijuana and hashish into the United States and Canada annually. The organization generated more than $100,000,000.00 in profits annually. To date, as a result of this case, drug related assets totaling approximately $400 million have been frozen in more than a dozen countries. More than $100 million of these assets have been forfeited by the United States and other/or other countries. As a result of this investigation, Duboc and Knock are now serving life sentences in Federal Prison, have been fined and/or ordered to forfeit more than $1.4 billion to the United States, and their criminal enterprise has been totally destroyed. I served as co-counsel with AUSA David McGee in the investigation, indictment and resolution of several cases leading to the indictment of this case (i.e., US v. Zell (Trial); US v. Bueno (Guilty Plea); US v. C.J. Brown (Guilty Plea) and US v. Grenhagen, et al (Trial). I also served as lead counsel for the investigation and Indictment of the case against Duboc, Knock and Darmon. I also negotiated Dubocâ€™s guilty plea, and the agreed forfeiture of approximately $100,000,000.00 of his criminally tainted assets. In addition to the successful dismantlement of one the largest smuggling organizations in the world, the case was significant for its impact in facilitating cooperative international law enforcement efforts in investigating complex drug trafficking and money laundering cases. As a side issue to this case, for more than 4 years, I assisted the Florida Bar in the prosecution of its disbarment case against one of Dubocâ€™s attorneys, F. Lee Bailey (The Florida Bar v. F. Lee Bailey, Case No. SC96767, TFB Number 1996-51,085(15B) and 1997-50,110(15A). Following a disciplinary proceeding which lasted more than a week, Circuit Judge Cynthia Ellis recommended that Bailey be found guilty of six counts of charged misconduct, and also recommended that he be disbarred from the practice of law in Florida. The Florida Supreme Court accepted the recommendation and disbarred Mr. Bailey from practicing law in Florida.

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