MEMORANDUM
DOUGLAS P. WOODLOCK, District Judge.
The government now seeks leave of court pursuant to Fed.R. Crim.P. 48(a) to dismiss this case in which I have ordered a new trial and the government has withdrawn its appeal from that order. A discussion (I) regarding the recent travel of the case and (II) regarding the case law construing rule 48(a), including a reflection on my own doubts about whether a requirement of leave of court to discontinue...
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