Revealing informant identities
Juan Luis Martinez Medina v. United States
In brief
- Where it stands
- Dismissed
Petition denied.
- What it’s about
- Juan Luis Martinez Medina asks the Supreme Court to review the Ninth Circuit’s decision upholding a refusal to disclose a second informant, whom his petition describes as a key witness to the drug transaction charged in count three.
- Who it affects
- The Ninth Circuit’s decision remains in place in Martinez Medina’s case, but the Supreme Court did not endorse its reasoning.
Summary: written with AI from the case record.
What it's about
Count three charged a drug transaction; Martinez Medina’s petition described the second informant as a key witness to that transaction.
Question presented
Whether the court of appeals erred in affirming the denial of the motion to compel disclosure of the second informant - a key witness as to the drug transaction alleged in count three?
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More questions
- What did Martinez Medina ask the Supreme Court to review?
- He challenged the Ninth Circuit’s decision upholding the refusal to require disclosure of the second informant.
- Did the Court decide whether the informant had to be disclosed?
- No. The Court refused to hear the case and did not decide that question.
- Did the Court’s denial mean it agreed with the Ninth Circuit?
- No. Refusing to hear the case did not endorse the Ninth Circuit’s reasoning.
Sources
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