Legal Opinion
United States v. James T. Skeens
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided June 14, 1971No. 23599PublishedCited by 71 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GIGNOUX, District Judge:
This appeal presents the single question of whether the trial judge erred in setting aside a jury verdict of guilty and dismissing an indictment because of the refusal of the government to disclose the identity of an informant. For the reasons to be stated, we hold that, under the circumstances of this case, this was error.
I
Appellee was indicted on August 10, 1967, along with a co-defendant, Francis Reichert, on one count of robbery (D.C. Code § 22-2901 (1967)) and two counts of assault with a dangerous weapon (D.C.Code § 22-502 (1967)). The charges arose out of the…
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