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· 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

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • 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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