United States v. Mannarino

MEMORANDUM AND ORDERS

WOODLOCK, District Judge.

Misconduct by the state police officer delegated with debriefing and supervising the federal government’s principal witness in this case resulted in the destruction of a narrative history of criminal activity the witness had prepared. The defendants have made several alternative requests for relief from this misconduct. Their requests require that I determine whether the witness’s handwritten narrative history was Jencks Act material. I find that it was. Having made that finding, I must calibrate a remedy. I do so in a setting which presents yet…