UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE,
v.
IVAN MELCHOR MORENO AND RIGOBERTO MELCHOR MORENO, DEFENDANTS-APPELLANTS
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE,
IVAN MELCHOR MORENO AND RIGOBERTO MELCHOR MORENO, DEFENDANTS-APPELLANTS
543 F.2d 1175
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (1976)
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Cited by 5 cases
Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM:
In footnote 3 of our opinion we referred to the holding of United States v. Godkins, 527 F. 2d 1321 (CA5, 1976), that the government’s privilege against revealing the identity of an informer may be invoked only when the government seeks to avoid disclosure of an informer’s identity, and we noted that when an accused seeks to subpoena an individual “already known to him” the privilege is irrelevant. This reference to “already known” is to be read in the light of Godkins, where the defendant knew the name of the informer. We do not imply that the government’s privilege against revealing identity is irrelevant where all that the defendant knows is that there is an informer (or even an informer that he can describe), and he does not know the name of the informer. The petition and supplemental petition for rehearing by the United States are OVERRULED.
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United States v. Tenorio-Angel, 756 F.2d 1505 (11th Cir. 1985)
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In re Grand Jury Proceedings. United States v. Carmine Galante, 562 F.2d 334 (5th Cir. 1977)
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Johnson v. Moore, 472 F. Supp. 2d 1344 (M.D. Fla. 2007)…); Boykins v. Wainwright, 737 F.2d 1539, 1545 (11th Cir.1984); Wilkerson v. Turner, 693 F.2d 121 (11th Cir.1982); United States v. Melchor Moreno, 536 F.2d 1042, 1045-46 (5th Cir.), opinion supplemented on denial of reh’g, 543 F.2d 1175 (1976); Balter v. Wainwright, 527 F.2d 372 (5th Cir.1976).…
Authorities Cited
- United States v. Godkins, 527 F.2d 1321 (5th Cir. 1976)