UNITED STATES v. SARCINELLI

No. 80-5241.

667 F.2d 5 (1982)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant v. Sam Salvatore SARCINELLI and Pamela Sue Messina, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Unit B

January 20, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Linda Collins-Hertz-Asst. U.S. Atty., Miami, Fla., Carolyn L. Gaines, Washington, D. C., for plaintiff-appellant.

Charles O. Farrar, Jr., Miami, Fla., Bruce E. Wagner, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., for Sarcinelli.

Before TJOFLAT, FAY and VANCE, Circuit Judges.


TJOFLAT, Circuit Judge:

When a party in a criminal case fails to comply with a Fed.R.Crim.P. 16 discovery order, the district court "may order such party to permit the discovery or inspection, grant a continuance, or prohibit the party from introducing evidence not disclosed, or it may enter such other order as it deems just under the circumstances...." Fed.R.Crim.P. 16(d)(2). The question presented in this narcotics case is whether the district court abused the broad...

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