Legal Opinion
United States v. Flemmi
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided March 30, 2001No. 00-1968PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
Stephen J. Flemmi, one of Boston’s most notorious gangsters, served surreptitiously as an informant for the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). In the end, however, there was a falling-out and the government indicted him. This appeal, brought pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3731 (a statute that allows the United States, before trial, to appeal orders “suppressing or excluding evidence”), follows on the heels of a district court order barring the government from introducing certain evidence at Flem-mi’s trial. 1 The court based the suppression order on its conclusion that the…
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