· 10/22/1985
United States v. Louis C. Andrus, George E. Collett, William J. Lutson, Billy Ray Whittington, and Larry Thomas Whittington
Citations
- 775 F.2d 825
- 19 Fed. R. Serv. 296
- 1985 U.S. App. LEXIS 24358
How courts have described this case
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- holding that there is no confrontation right at a hearing to determine admissibility of coconspirator statements at trial
- holding that the Sixth Amendment does not provide a confrontation right at a preliminary hearing
- holding that the Sixth Amendment does not provide a confrontation right at a preliminary hearing
- concluding that Brady does not require the government disclose or produce the contents of personnel files for review based only upon “speculative assertion[s] that impeaching material may be in a government file”
- defendant “not entitled to the personnel files of the law enforcement witnesses without even a hint that impeaching material was contained therein”
- no disclosure of informant who instigated investigation of defendant but was not present at transactions alleged in indictment
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Judges: Eschbach, Flaum, Marshall
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