UNITED STATES v. TODARO

No. 1364, Docket 84-1086.

744 F.2d 5 (1984)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellant, v. Joseph E. TODARO, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided September 11, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George L. Hastings, Jr., Atty., Tax Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C. (Glenn L. Archer, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Michael L. Paul, Robert E. Lindsay, Attys., Tax Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., Salvatore R. Martoche, U.S. Atty., Buffalo, N.Y., on brief), for appellant.

Joseph M. La Tona, Buffalo, N.Y. (Condon, La Tona & Klingensmith, Buffalo, N.Y., on brief), for defendant-appellee.

Charles F. Crimi, Sr., David Rothenberg, Lawrence J. Andolina, Criminal Defense League, Inc., Rochester, N.Y., submitted a brief for amicus curiae Criminal Defense League.

Mark J. Mahoney, Diebold, Bermingham, Gorman, Brown & Cook, Buffalo, N.Y., Ephraim Margolin, San Francisco, Cal., Nat. Ass'n of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Washington, D.C., submitted a brief for amicus curiae Nat. Ass'n of Criminal Defense Lawyers.

Before FRIENDLY, VAN GRAAFEILAND, and NEWMAN, Circuit Judges.


JON O. NEWMAN, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal by the Government, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3731 (1982), from the February 7, 1984, order of the District Court for the Western District of New York (John T. Elfvin, Judge) precluding the introduction of certain evidence at trial unless the Government confers use immunity on two potential defense witnesses. Because we conclude that defense witness immunity, if ever available, was precluded by the standards set forth...

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