United States v. Holmes

ON PETITION FOR REHEARING

In a petition for rehearing the government has called to the court’s attention the fact that Congress deleted from the proposed amendments to the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure which were referred to it by the Supreme Court of the United States the provision for the production in criminal cases of the names and addresses of witnesses upon request. [Fed.R.Crim.P. 16(a)(1), (e)]. See Pub.L. 94-64 (1975). The government cites this action as being a conclusive determination “that Congress has formulated a national policy against the disclosure of witnesses’ names and…