Legal Opinion
United States v. Paul Wilbert Sutton, United States of America v. Jesse Thomas Lee, United States of America v. Charles Sutton, Jr.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided October 21, 1976No. 76-1036 to 76-1038PublishedCited by 63 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CRAVEN, Circuit Judge:
The defendants, Jesse Thomas Lee, Charles Sutton, Jr., and Paul Sutton, were convicted of violating 18 U.S.C. § 371 by conspiring to rob The Peoples’ Bank of Chesapeake, in Chesapeake, Virginia. They sought a new trial on the ground that the government failed to disclose that the testimony of its key witness was induced by threats of an F.B.I. agent, invoking fundamental fairness concepts enunciated in Giglio v. United States, 405 U.S. 150, 92 S.Ct. 763, 31 L.Ed.2d 104 (1972); Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83, 83 S.Ct. 1194, 10 L.Ed.2d 215 (1963); and Mooney v. Holohan,…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Giglio v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- United States v. AgursSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Napue v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Mooney v. HolohanSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
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