[victim soul]

Whatever has happened to the defendant's right to know his accusers and have evidence presented against him before a trial -- never mind a trial for murder?

[Desdemona]

I don't know. That's part of the reason why I pinged patent.

[APBaer]

"the defendant's right to know his accusers and have evidence presented against him before a trial"

Before trial all the prosecutor has to disclose to the defendant is so called Brady material, that is material that is exculpatory. Here if these two people made a statement to the government that X, not Kopp shot the doctor, the government would have to turn it over to Kopp.

If however, these two gave the government a statement that they saw Kopp shoot the doctor, that statement would not have to be disclosed to Koop, pre trial.

[patent]

Whatever has happened to the defendant's right to know his accusers and have evidence presented against him before a trial -- never mind a trial for murder?

I don’t know, I don’t do any criminal law, much less out in that neck of the woods. I would think that the government has to give him lists of its potential witnesses, its exhibits, all relevant documents, that sort of thing, but the government doesn’t have to tell him exactly how it plans to use those things to tie it all together. That game plan may be what they are trying to hide, I don’t know.

patent  +AMDG