United States Eighth Circuit

The government's failure to tell defendant of the location of an informant does violate defendant's constitutional right to compulsory process or due process where informant is not peculiarly within the government's power to produce, and informant's testimony is not material to any defense.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/02/2001
• Published 04/02/2001

Judges

• MURPHY, Circuit Judge., Before MURPHY, LAY, and BYE, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Julie A. Matonich, Minneapolis, MN, argued, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Rachel Kunjummen Paulose, Asst. U.S. Atty., Minneapolis, MN, argued, for appellee.