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United States v. Antonio Ayala and Gilbert Lopez

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided April 20, 1981No. 79-5591PublishedCited by 51 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ALVIN B. RUBIN, Circuit Judge:

Once again we seek to locate midway the fulcrum between the government’s protective shield over an informer’s identity and the aid that the informer’s testimony might provide the defense. As our repeated consideration of the problem demonstrates, we have been unable to provide a notch that would make the point easy for litigants and trial courts to discover. Reviewing the conscientious effort of a trial judge, we reach a different conclusion, not because he was wrong or we are right, but because, in discharge of our appellate task, no less and no more…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Roviaro v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
  2. Bifulco v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  3. United States v. Eduardo BermudezCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1975
  4. United States v. Noble C. BeasleyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
  5. United States v. Benton Franklin Thomas and Joseph Thomas OlivetiCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978

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3Cited by51 opinions

  1. Bodin v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1991
  2. United States v. GoldCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1984
  3. United States v. Frank Church, Carl Louis CoppolaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1992
  4. United States v. DeSimoneCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
  5. United States v. Clark N. FischelCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982

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