Legal Opinion
United States v. Quatermain, Drax
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided January 14, 1980No. 79-1253PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
SEITZ, Chief Judge.
The government has filed a timely appeal from a pre-trial order of the district court excluding the testimony of a government witness and any evidence derived from that witness. Our jurisdiction is based on 18 U.S.C. § 3781 (1976).
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In 1977, appellee Drax Quatermain agreed to assist the government in an investigation concerning the illegal manufacture of methamphetamine. Instead of receiving formal witness immunity under 18 U.S.C. § 6002 (1976), Quatermain negotiated an informal immunity agreement with government lawyers that was put in written form in a…
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