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GEISSER v. UNITED STATES

No. 73-3678.

513 F.2d 862 (1975)

Petition of Josette GEISSER, divorced Bauer, a/k/a Paulette Louise Fallai, Petitioner-Appellee, v. UNITED STATES of America, Respondent-Appellant. Josette Claire BAUER nee Geisser, Petitioner-Appellee, v. UNITED STATES of America, Respondent-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

May 27, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lloyd G. Bates, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., Miami, Fla., Shirley Baccus-Lobel, Dept. of Justice, Crim. Div., Appellate Sec., Washington, D. C., for respondent-appellant.

William C. Marchiondo, Albuquerque, N. M., for petitioner-appellee.

Before BROWN, Chief Judge, and GODBOLD and RONEY, Circuit Judges.

JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge:

This is an extraordinary case calling for extraordinary action. It is a case of the great United States going back on its word in a plea bargain made by the Department of Justice which assured the Government vital indispensable evidence leading to conviction of principals in a grand scale international heroin importing conspiracy. The effect of part of the bargain was that the defendant-turned-states-evidence would not be deported to Switzerland...

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