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· 11/4/1985

United States v. Samuel B. Cerro

Citations

  • 775 F.2d 908
  • 19 Fed. R. Serv. 588
  • 1985 U.S. App. LEXIS 24579

How courts have described this case

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

  • interpreting parallel provision in Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure and effect of pretrial order requiring defense counsel to turn impeachment evidence over to prosecutor
  • Federal rules bar discovery sought here because discovery of such statements potentially violates Sixth Amendment to United States Constitution
  • erroneous exclusion of evidence was harmless

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Judges: Cudahy, Posner, Swygert

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