U.S. v. WILSON

No. 86-5508.

904 F.2d 656 (1990)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Robert G. WILSON, Melvin Bogus, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

June 29, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jake Arbes, Atlanta, Ga., Leonard J. Cooperman, Miami, Fla. (court-appointed), for Robert G. Wilson.

Theodore J. Sakowitz, Federal Public Defender, Lisa A. Rosenthal, Asst. Federal Public Defender, Miami, Fla., for Melvin Bogus.

Leon B. Kellner, U.S. Atty., Miami, Fla., Robert E. Lindsay, William S. Rose, Jr., Shirley D. Peterson, Asst. Atty., Gen., Alan Hechkopf, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Tax Div., Washington, D.C., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before CLARK and EDMONDSON, Circuit Judges, and RUBIN, Senior Circuit Judge.


ALVIN B. RUBIN, Senior Circuit Judge:

If government witnesses in a criminal case testify that they had not only had been granted immunity but that they also expected to receive rewards of up to $11,000,000, is their testimony against the defendants so tainted that the defendants were denied due process?

Robert Wilson and Melvin Bogus were convicted of tax fraud, aiding and abetting tax fraud, mail fraud, wire fraud, and conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud...

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