MEMORANDUM OPINION
TILLEY, District Judge.
The Government has moved, pursuant to Rule 48 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, for leave of Court to file an order dismissing the indictment against Howard Kenneth Smith, Jr. This motion implicates and requires an analysis of the Court's limited authority to evaluate a motion to dismiss under Rule 48. For the reasons discussed herein, the Government's motion to dismiss is DENIED.
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