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U.S. v. WILLIAMS

No. 91-3071.

951 F.2d 1287 (1991)

UNITED STATES of America v. Christopher WILLIAMS, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided December 27, 1991.

Rehearing Denied February 27, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Godwin Oyewole, Washington, D.C., for appellant.

Linda Otani McKinney, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Jay B. Stephens, U.S. Atty., John R. Fisher and Elizabeth Trosman, Asst. U.S. Attys., Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before EDWARDS, WILLIAMS and RANDOLPH, Circuit Judges.

RANDOLPH, Circuit Judge:

When a district court's ruling on a pre-trial motion involves factual issues, Rule 12(e) of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure commands the court to "state its essential findings on the record." The rule serves several functions. Findings on the record inform the parties and other interested persons of the grounds of the ruling, add discipline to the process of judicial decision-making and enable appellate courts properly to perform their...

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