FOX v. MANN

No. 1714, Docket 94-2619.

71 F.3d 66 (1995)

Ronald FOX, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Louis MANN, Superintendent, Shawangunk Correctional Facility, and Robert Abrams, Attorney General of New York, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided November 30, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mitchell J. Briskey, New York City (Philip L. Weinstein, Legal Aid Society, New York City, on the brief), for Appellant.

Gina M. Mignola, Ass't Dist. Att'y, New York City (Robert M. Morgenthau, Dist. Att'y, Norman Barclay, Ass't Dist. Att'y, Paul Harnisch, Ass't Dist. Att'y, New York City, on the brief), for Appellees.

Before: WINTER, CALABRESI, CABRANES, Circuit Judges.


CALABRESI, Circuit Judge:

Traditionally, criminal cases have involved at most only very narrow discovery. In the past few decades, however, there has been a distinct expansion of criminal discovery. The Supreme Court has stated that such criminal discovery, though still far narrower than that which occurs in civil cases, "increas[es] the evidence available to both parties, enhances the fairness of the adversary system," and is in most respects "salutary." Wardius...

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