Legal Opinion
United States v. Carlos Armijo-Martinez and Carlos Armijo-Deleon
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided February 5, 1982No. 80-1798PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LIVELY, Circuit Judge.
This appeal concerns the compulsory process guarantee of the Sixth Amendment. The first question is whether the government may, by its unilateral action, make material witnesses in a criminal prosecution unavailable to the defendant. We hold that such action by the government violates constitutional rights of the defendant. The second question is what showing must be made by a defendant who has suffered this constitutional deprivation in order to entitle him to judgment dismissing the charges against him. These issues have arisen frequently in other circuits in…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Washington v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Dennis v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- United States v. MorrisonSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- United States v. BurrU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Virginia · 1807
- United States v. Manuel Mendez-RodriguezCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1971
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3Cited by11 opinions
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- United States v. Glen McCullah Willard Petrey, James Tankersley, and Ewell ScottCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1984
- United States v. Valenzuela-BernalSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
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