5th Circuit Reverses Dismissal Of Indictment Over Midtrial Disclosures

( May 18, 2026, 3:06 PM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — Concluding that the record showed that it was an abuse of discretion to dismiss an indictment without prejudice for the government’s late disclosure of two pieces of evidence, the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on May 15 reversed the dismissal order and remanded with instructions to reinstate the indictment in the case concerning charges of disaster relief fraud and wire fraud....