Legal Opinion
United States v. John R. Barletta, in Re United States of America
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided March 17, 1981No. 80-1220, 80-1456PublishedCited by 74 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFIN, Chief Judge.
The government seeks in this case to compel a district court to rule prior to the retrial of a criminal prosecution on a government motion to admit certain evidence at that retrial. The central issue raised by this effort, arising out of the complex interplay of 18 U.S.C. § 3731 and Rule 12 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, is whether and under what circumstances a district court may defer such a ruling until trial under Rule 12 without “adversely affecting” the government’s right to appeal an adverse ruling under § 3731 — a question that, although of potential…
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