DISTRICT COURT OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS 
DIVISION OF ST. THOMAS AND ST. JOHN 
 
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 
Plaintiff, 
v. 
AUBREY FRETT 
Defendant. 
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Criminal No. 2018-37 
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ATTORNEYS: 
 
Gretchen Shappert, United States Attorney 
Everard E. Potter, AUSA  
Nathan Brooks, AUSA 
United States Attorney’s Office 
St. Thomas, VI 
 
For the United States of America, 
 
Richard Coughlin, Federal Public Defender 
Kia Sears, AFPD 
Federal Public Defender Office 
St. Thomas, VI 
 
For Aubrey Frett. 
 
ORDER 
GÓMEZ, J. 
 
On June 17, 2019, the Court held a status conference with 
the parties. At that conference, the parties discussed the 
Government’s failure to disclose DNA-related evidence to Aubrey 
Frett (“Frett”) within the May 16, 2019, discovery deadline. As 
a consequence of the Government’s failure, Frett has moved to 
exclude all DNA-related evidence. 
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At Frett’s May 9, 2019, arraignment, the Magistrate Judge 
ordered discovery to be complete by May 16, 2019. Despite that 
order, the DNA laboratory report--dated November 16, 2018--was 
first disclosed to Frett’s counsel on June 7, 2019. Trial in 
this matter is currently set to commence June 24, 2019.  
 
The premises considered; it is hereby   
 
 
ORDERED that, no later than 9:00 a.m. on June 18, 2019, the 
parties shall each file a brief addressing the following issues: 
1) Whether Frett has suffered prejudice because of the 
Government’s failure to disclose DNA-related evidence; and 
2) Any appropriate remedies the Court should order in these 
circumstances.  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
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Curtis V. Gómez 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
District Judge 
 
 
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