Accused Wine Counterfeiter Rudy Kurniawan Fighting Feds' Case
Accused Wine Counterfeiter Rudy Kurniawan Fighting Feds' Case
Sep 13, 2012 6
(WineSpectator) - Accused wine counterfeiter Rudy Kurniawan, currently being held without bail at a Brooklyn federal detention facility, is working to have evidence of a laboratory for fake wines in his home excluded from his trial. Wine Spectator has learned that Kurniawan's lawyers will contest the legality of FBI agents' search of his home after his arrest in a Los Angeles suburb last March.
Kurniawan, 35, appeared Sept. 11 in a brief hearing in a Manhattan federal court room. Standing before U.S. District Judge Richard Berman, Kurniawan wore baggy khaki prison clothing and midnight blue tennis shoes. Berman set a schedule for filings by the two sides that will culminate in oral arguments on Nov. 14 on the defense's expected motion to suppress the results of the FBI's search.
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