defense-witness

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
22-5849 David Keith Wills v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-10-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP compulsory-process conflict-of-interest defense-witness dual-sovereignty due-process fair-trial federal-prosecutors perjury prosecutorial-misconduct witness-intimidation whether-federal-prosecutors-can-threaten-defense-witnesses
19-5614 Robert Ricks v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-08-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP compulsory-process criminal-procedure defense-witness due-process fifth-amendment immunity perjury perjury-threat prosecutorial-misconduct sixth-amendment witness-immunity witness-intimidation Whether the grant of use and derivative use immunity to a defense witness cured the government's misconduct when the case agent threatened the defense…
18-7599 Jesus E. Moreno Ornelas v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-01-28 Denied IFP compulsory-process constitutional-right criminal-procedure defense-witness discovery discovery-order due-process exclusion non-disclosure sixth-amendment tactical-advantage willful-nondisclosure Whether the Compulsory Process Clause of the Sixth Amendment precludes exclusion of an undisclosed defense witness to enforce a discovery order if the…