· 1/20/1982
United States v. Sam Salvatore Sarcinelli and Pamela Sue Messina
Citations
- 667 F.2d 5
- 1982 U.S. App. LEXIS 22514
How courts have described this case
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- reversing the district court’s exclusion of evidence for prosecutor’s failure to timely comply with the discovery orders because a less severe sanction could have been imposed
- least severe sanction should be imposed under Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 16 for noncompliance with discovery orders
- court reversed suppression order even in face of flagrant violation where suppression would amount to dismissal of prosecution and where alternative, effective sanctions were available
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Judges: Tjoflat, Fay, Vance
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