Legal Opinion
United States v. J. Marshall Brown
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 2, 1979No. 77-2638PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JAMES C. HILL, Circuit Judge:
In this appeal 1 we are called upon to review one order 2 of the district judge. However, the circumstances ultimately producing that order are important to our consideration. In this criminal case the prosecution presented the testimony of a witness who had been permitted to plead guilty to the same offense as charged against the defendant on trial. It was the key evidence against the defendant. Thereafter, the defendant produced the government witness’ estranged wife, who was prepared to give testimony designed to impeach her husband. In apparent solicitude of…
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