Epstein Secrets

empt to engraft a right of access to government information to section 3771(c)(1) should be rejected. In Pennsylvania'. Ritchie, 480 U.S. 39 (1987), the Supreme Court recognized that the Confrontation Clause grants a criminal defendant a trial right to cross- examine a witness. It hastened to add, "[tjhe ability to

d discovery order that this Court routinely enters in criminal cases. DISCUSSION 1. THE GOVERNMENT VIOLATES ITS "BEST EFFORTS" OBLIGATIONS IF IT WITHOLDS EVIDENCE FAVORABLE TO THE VICTIMS. The U.S. Attorney's Office is obliged to produce favorable information to the victims because of the CVRA's requ

empt to engraft a right of access to government information to section 3771(cXI) should be rejected. In Pennsylvania v. Ritchie, 480 U.S. 39 (1987), the Supreme Court recognized that the Confrontation Clause grants a criminal defendant a trial right to cross- examine a witness. It hastened to add, Itthe ability to

d discovery order that this Court routinely enters in criminal cases. DISCUSSION I. THE GOVERNMENT VIOLATES ITS "BEST EFFORTS" OBLIGATIONS IF IT WITHOLDS EVIDENCE FAVORABLE TO THE VICTIMS. The U.S. Attorney's Office is obliged to produce favorable information to the victims because of the CVRA's requ

tempt to engraft a right of access to government information to section 3771(cXI) should be rejected. In Pennsylvania'. Ritchie, 480 U.S. 39 (1987), the Supreme Court recognized that the Confrontation Clause grants a criminal defendant a trial right to cross- examine a witness. It hastened to add, Itthe ability to

d discovery order that this Court routinely enters in criminal cases. DISCUSSION I. THE GOVERNMENT VIOLATES ITS "BEST EFFORTS" OBLIGATIONS IF IT WITHOLDS EVIDENCE FAVORABLE TO THE VICTIMS. The U.S. Attorney's Office is obliged to produce favorable information to the victims because of the CVRA's requ