UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA

CASE NO. 22-20389-CR-ALTMAN

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 

v.

JAIME SERRANO, 

Defendants. 

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OMNIBUS ORDER 

We held a Calendar Call on August 9, 2023, during which we ruled on six pending motions: 

(1) the remaining parts of the Government’s Motion in Limine Regarding the Admissibility of 

Defendants’ Statements (the “Government’s First Motion in Limine”) [ECF No. 135]; (2) the 

Government’s Omnibus Motion in Limine [ECF No. 174]; (3) the Defendant’s Omnibus Motion in 

Limine [ECF No. 176]; (4) the Defendant’s Motion to Sever (the “Motion to Sever”) [ECF No. 178]; 

(5) the Defendant’s Motion to Continue Trial and Pretrial Motion Deadline and Deadline to Schedule 

a Guilty Plea (the “Motion to Continue”) [ECF No. 204]; and (6) the Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss 

[ECF No. 177].

For the reasons stated on the record at the Calendar Call, we hereby ORDER and 

ADJUDGE that: 

1. The Government’s First Motion in Limine [ECF No. 135] is GRANTED in part as 

follows: 

a. To the extent the Government seeks to admit Jimenez’s statements to E.R. and 

M.J. about a construction job, those statements are admissible against Serrano. 

b. To the extent the Government seeks to admit Jimenez’s false statements to the FBI 

agents who came to execute the DNA warrant, those statements are admissible

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against Serrano.

2. The Government’s Omnibus Motion in Limine [ECF No. 174] is GRANTED in part and 

DENIED in part as follows:

a. To the extent the Government seeks to admit the FBI agent’s lay opinion 

testimony about the Defendants’ cellphone data, the Motion is 

GRANTED.

b. To the extent the Government seeks to admit the FBI agent’s summary 

timeline, the Motion is GRANTED, assuming the Government 

establishes that the agent is a proper summary witness.

c. To the extent the Government wants to lead witnesses who might become 

hostile, the Motion is DENIED without prejudice. The Government 

may reraise this request at trial.

d. To the extent the Government seeks to admit the enhanced Sunpass 

photo, the Motion is GRANTED.

e. To the extent the Government seeks to respond to the Defendant’s 

evidence about other people who may have had a motive to kill A.V., the 

Motion is GRANTED.

f. To the extent the Government seeks to admit the redacted jail call 

transcript, the Motion is DENIED AS MOOT.

g. To the extent the Government seeks to EXCLUDE evidence about the 

Defendant’s infant child, the Motion is GRANTED.

h. To the extent the Government seeks to impeach a witness with a nontestifying witness’s statement, the Motion is DENIED without 

prejudice. The Government may reraise this issue at trial, if appropriate.

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3. The Defendant’s Motion in Limine [ECF No. 176] is GRANTED in part and DENIED 

in part as follows:

a. Serrano’s request that we limit the Government “as to the quantity and type of 

evidence it may introduce to prove” that A.V. sustained “serious bodily injury” is 

mostly DENIED, except that we GRANT Serrano’s request that we exclude 

“photographs of fresh injuries.” 

b. Serrano’s request that we “preclude the government from introducing any 

evidence concerning emotional distress suffered by A.V. or any friend or member of 

his family” is GRANTED.

c. Serrano’s request that we exclude any form of character or propensity evidence 

unless he opens the door is GRANTED.

d. Serrano’s request that we admit the Declaration of Julian Jimenez, which is filed 

on the docket at [ECF No. 26-2], is DENIED.

e. Serrano’s request that we “admit testimony from witnesses regarding threats made 

[to] A.V.’s life” from four different sources is GRANTED in part. We GRANT

the Motion to the extent the Defendant seeks to admit the statements of Rolando 

“Roly” Ramirez, William “Rick Ross” Roberts II, and Alexander Reyes. We 

DEFER ruling on the Instagram Message from “57freddy.” The Defendant may

reraise this issue at trial.

f. The portions of the Motion that applied solely to Julian Jimenez—i.e., the alleged 

domestic incidents and Jimenez’s potential cooperation—are DENIED as 

MOOT in light of Jimenez’s guilty plea.

4. The Defendant’s Motion to Sever [ECF No. 178] is DENIED AS MOOT.

5. The Defendant’s Motion to Continue [ECF No. 204] is DENIED.

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6. The Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss [ECF No. 177] is DENIED AS MOOT. The 

Defendant withdrew this motion in open court. 

DONE AND ORDERED in the Southern District of Florida on August 9, 2023.

 _________________________________

 ROY K. ALTMAN

 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

cc: counsel of record

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