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Farnell v. Solicitor-General of United States

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
Jul 20, 1970
429 F.2d 1318 (5th Cir. 1970)

Summary

affirming ruling that a motion for discovery under Rule 16 was unavailable after conviction

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Opinion

No. 29324 Summary Calendar.

July 20, 1970.

Lorenzo Richard Farnell, pro se.

Robert W. Rust, U.S. Atty., Miami, Fla., Neal R. Sonnett, Asst. U.S. Atty., for respondents-appellees.

Before GEWIN, GOLDBERG and DYER, Circuit Judges.


Appellant is a federal convict serving a two-year sentence for violating Title 26 U.S.C. § 4704(a). He is not attacking that conviction, but he filed a petition in the court below seeking to have certain evidence produced for his inspection and other evidence suppressed. As the district court stated, motions for discovery and inspection and for suppression of evidence are available prior to trial but not at this late date. Rule 16, F.R.Crim.P.; United States v. Kessler. The judgment of the district court is affirmed.

Pursuant to our Rule 18 this case is decided without oral argument.

253 F.2d 290 (2d Cir. 1958).


Summaries of

Farnell v. Solicitor-General of United States

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
Jul 20, 1970
429 F.2d 1318 (5th Cir. 1970)

affirming ruling that a motion for discovery under Rule 16 was unavailable after conviction

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affirming ruling that a motion for discovery under Rule 16 was unavailable after conviction

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Case details for

Farnell v. Solicitor-General of United States

Case Details

Full title:Lorenzo Richard FARNELL, Petitioner-Appellant, v. SOLICITOR-GENERAL OF the…

Court:United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit

Date published: Jul 20, 1970

Citations

429 F.2d 1318 (5th Cir. 1970)

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