U.S. v. Estrada, No. 00-2647 (7th Cir.) (256 F.3d 466) (June 22, 2001) (Judge Joel L. Flaum)
Loaded on June 1, 2001
published in Punch and Jurists
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Informants and Paid Witnesses.
Periodically, cases come to light in which informants and Government witnesses are paid or given such enormous benefits that one can legitimately question whether that person has any real incentive to tell the truth. Jose Antonio Varela, the Damon Runyon character is the instant case, is such an example. Between …
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