United States v. Holmes

KELLY, Associate Judge:

The government appeals here from a pretrial order granting the accused in a first degree murder case discovery of the names and addresses of persons the government intends to call as witnesses at trial.1 Its position before the trial court, and here, is that a trial judge is without authority to order pretrial disclosure of the identity of any government witness in any criminal case. We disagree and affirm.

Appellee Willie J. Holmes was charged with first degree murder, D.C.Code 1973, § 22-2401, for a death that occurred in this city on the afternoon of March 2, 1973, at…