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· 2/13/1980

United States v. Fred Lenn Jones

Citations

  • 612 F.2d 453

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  • \[Section 3500's] limitation has also been extended to prohibit the pretrial disclosure of the identity of government witnesses in the absence of a showing of reasonable necessity by the defense.\
  • “[Section 3500’s] limitation has also been extended to prohibit the pretrial disclosure of the identity of government witnesses in the absence of a showing of 7 not subject to disclosure under Rule 16(a
  • \Appellant's reliance on the Jencks Act as a pre-trial discovery - 20 - tool is completely misplaced. . . . [T]he Act specifically provides that no statement of a government witness is discoverable until the witness has testified on direct examination.\

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Judges: Kilkenny, Sneed

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