Legal Opinion
United States v. Rafael C. Garcia, A/K/A 'El Moto,'
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 23, 1976No. 75--2929PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JAMES C. HILL, Circuit Judge:
We are called upon in this case to decide whether the defendant’s Sixth Amendment right of confrontation was violated by the trial court’s limitation of cross-examination of government witnesses as to the activities of a confidential informer, where the informer was a participant in the criminal transaction charged and a witness at trial, and whether the trial court erred in refusing to submit defendant’s requested jury charges on the issues of knowledge and specific intent. Since we answer each of these questions in the negative, we affirm.
A jury convicted the…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Alford v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
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- United States v. Kenneth L. Musgrave and Marshall WomackCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
- United States v. Charles Hubert HillCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
- United States v. Juan DeleonCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1974
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3Cited by29 opinions
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- United States v. Miguel Lara-HernandezCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1978
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