United States v. Patrick Regan

How courts have described this case

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• noting that matters to which prosecutor would testify had been transcribed
• rejecting claim that grand jury proceedings were tainted by government’s “failure to inform the Grand Jury of the [witnesses’] criminal histories and general untrustworthiness”
• “A defendant who wishes to call a prosecutor as a witness must demonstrate a compelling and legitimate reason to do so.”
• “[T]he selective prosecution defense is an issue for the court rather than the jury.”
• “[W]e agree with the district court’s decision to resolve for itself wheth er the government’s conduct was lawful and to prevent [the defendant] from presenting evidence [to the jury] on that subject.”
• “The government had no obligation to present exculpatory material to a grand jury.”’

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).