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U.S. v. Garcia Abrego, No. 97-20130 (5th Cir.) (141 F.3d 142) (May 6, 1998) (Judge Carolyn Dineen King)

The principal (and disturbing) issue raised in this major drug prosecution case was the defendant's claim that the Government's payment of witnesses, grants of immunity, and plea bargaining so distorted the adversarial process at his trial that the proceedings were rendered fundamentally unfair. It didn't take the Court long to ...

 

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