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Case 1:20-cr-00330-PAE Document 206 Filed 04/16/21 Page1of22 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 20 Cr. 330 (AJN) V. GHISLAINE MAXWELL, Defendant. REPLY MEMORANDUM OF GHISLAINE MAXWELL IN SUPPORT OF HER MOTION TO DISMISS COUNTS ONE THROUGH FOUR OF THE SUPERSEDING INDICTMENT AS TIME-BARRED Christian R. Everdell COHEN & GRESSER LLP 800 Third Avenue New York, NY 10022 Phone: 212-957-7600 Jeffrey S. Pagliuca Laura A. Menninger HADDON, MORGAN & FOREMAN P.C. 150 East 10th Avenue Denver, CO 80203 Phone: 303-831-7364 Bobbi C. Sternheim Law Offices of Bobbi C. Sternheim 33 West 19th Street - 4th Floor New York, NY 10011 Phone: 212-243-1100 Attorneys for Ghislaine Maxwell DOJ-OGR-00003653
Case 1:20-cr-00330-PAE Document 206 Filed 04/16/21 Page 2 of 22 TABLE OF CONTENTS Page I. The 2003 Amendment Does Not Apply Retroactively. .....00...0ccccccccccecccescecsseesseeeseeesseensaes 2 A. Step One: Congress Did Not Expressly Prescribe Retroactivity and Rejected a Proposal to Do S0.......cccceccccccceesceesseeeseceseeesseecssecuseceetessesesseenseeesseensaes 3 1. Congress’ explicit rejection of a retroactivity provision ends the inquiry at step one in Ms. Maxwell’s favor. .........00.ccccccceecceeseeesseesseeeseeeees 2 2. Cases applying the 2003 Amendment retroactively are readily distinguishable. 2.0.0.0... ... ccc ccce cece ceeeceeseecsseceseceseceeeecseecsecssecesstessseesseenseeeses 5 3. The government cannot prevail at step OME. o.oo. cece ceeceeeeeseeeseeeteeeees 7 B. Step Two: Application of the 2003 Amendment to Ms. Maxwell’s Alleged Offenses Would Have Impermissible Effects. ..........0..0.ccceccececeseeeeeeeeeseeeseenseeseeees 8 II. Section 3283 Does Not Apply at All. ooo... ccc cece ccccccececeneeeseessecseeeseeceeeeeeseenaeenaeeneeess 10 A. Section 3283 Applies Only to Offenses that Necessarily Entail the Sexual Abuse or Physical Abuse, or Kidnapping, of a Child. ......0..0.ccccceecceeseeeeeeeeeees 11 B. The Offenses Char…
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