U.S. v. WILLS

No. 95-10054.

88 F.3d 704 (1996)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Eural WILLS, II, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided June 26, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul B. Meltzer and Rosemarie Braz, Law Offices of Paul B. Meltzer, Santa Cruz, California, for defendant-appellant.

Robin L. Harris, Assistant United States Attorney, San Francisco, California, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before: ALARCON, BEEZER, and RYMER, Circuit Judges.


ALARCON, Circuit Judge:

We must decide whether evidence that a witness is threatened with injury is sufficient to justify a delay in the disclosure of her identity. We hold that evidence that a witness' safety is threatened constitutes good cause to grant an exception to the disclosure requirements of The Notice of Alibi Rule. Fed.R.Crim.P. 12.1.

Eural Wills, II seeks reversal of the judgment on several grounds. We reject each of these contentions and affirm...

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