UNITED STATES v. HARRIS

No. 76-1317.

543 F.2d 1247 (1976)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. John Michael HARRIS, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

September 23, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eugene D. Seligmann (argued), of Fishel & Seligmann, Seattle, Wash., for defendant-appellant.

Peter Mair, Asst. U. S. Atty. (argued), Seattle, Wash., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before ELY and CHOY, Circuit Judges, and ORRICK, District Judge.


ORRICK, District Judge:

The only issue raised in this appeal is the propriety of the long-standing administrative practice of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) of routinely destroying rough interview notes taken by agents in the course of a criminal investigation after the information contained in the notes is incorporated in a more formal interview report. We reject the contention of the government that the good...

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