Legal Opinion
United States v. Carter
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided April 14, 1954No. Crim. A. Nos. 359-54, 254-54PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOLTZOFF, District Judge.
The question presented by these motions is whether a defendant in a criminal case is entitled as a matter of right to inspect, prior to the trial, all statements of potential witnesses in the files of the Government, in the light of Rule 17(c) of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, 18 U.S.C. This question is answered in the negative.
Each of these motions requests “an order authorizing discovery and inspection * * * to the extent that the defendant have copies of all statements made by witnesses who will testify against him, including any statement made by the…
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