Legal Opinion
United States v. Femia
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided November 18, 1993No. 93-1276, 93-1576PublishedCited by 77 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.
The government appeals from a district court pretrial order suppressing the testimony of its central witness in the prosecution of defendant-appellee Noel Femia for various drug crimes. We have jurisdiction under 18 U.S.C. § 8731. The district court suppressed the testimony in order to remedy a perceived violation of Femia’s due process rights, resulting from the government’s allegedly grossly negligent destruction of tape recordings of conversations between the witness and other co-conspirators. For the reasons that follow, we reverse and remand with directions to…
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