United States v. Griffin

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

HOLDERMAN, District Judge:

Approximately a year ago on June 4, 1993, this court ordered a new trial as to certain defendants in this case. See United States v. Burnside, 824 F.Supp. 1215 (N.D.Ill.1993). The basis of that ruling was that the government had violated the defendants’ due process rights during the defendants’ trial in 1991 by knowingly failing to disclose information required to be disclosed under the doctrine of Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83, 83 S.Ct. 1194, 10 L.Ed.2d 215 (1963). 1 The facts underlying that June 4, 1993 ruling were established…