United States v. Ivan Melchor Moreno and Rigoberto Melchor Moreno
Cases that cite this one
6 later published cases cite this decision.
- United States v. Cesar Tenorio-Angel (11th Cir. 1985)
- Treme v. St. John the Baptist Parish (United States District Court Eastern District of Louisiana 2022)
- Johnson v. Moore (United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida 2007)
- United States v. Jose Manuel Vigoa (9th Cir. 1992)
- King v. United States (D.C. 1988)
- In re Grand Jury Proceedings. United States of America v. Carmine Galante, Witness-Appellant (5th Cir. 1977)
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Opinion
ON PETITION AND SUPPLEMENTAL PETITION FOR REHEARING
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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