informant-disclosure

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
20-8262 Francisco Hilt and Sean Alexander v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-06-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-violation criminal-procedure due-process entrapment firearms-possession impeachment-evidence informant-disclosure sting-operation 1. In an ATF sting operation, the government failed to disclose the identity of the informant pretrial, and the defense was entrapment. The defense di…
18-5912 Robert Kimmell v. United States Ninth Circuit 2018-09-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-defense criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-disclosure drug-offense due-process fair-trial informant informant-disclosure jury-instructions lesser-included-offense relevance verdict-form witness-disclosure Did Kimmell establish that disclosure of the informant was relevant and helpful to his defense, or essential to a fair determination of his cause? Di…