Opinion ID: 71274
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Heading: Opportunity to Cross-Examine Lawrence

Text: Tokars claims that he was deprived of a thorough cross-examination of Lawrence due to the quashing of his subpoenas. Tokars' Br. at 23-25. The State of Georgia provided Lawrence with discovery, which included Tokars's statements, witness statements, and various records. Tokars sought pre-trial production of these documents pursuant to a Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 17(c) subpoena. The district court found that the State of Georgia provided Tokars with all discovery materials that were provided to counsel for Lawrence and quashed the subpoena. The district court gave additional reasons for its 14 The government stated to the jury: On October 27, 1993, in connection with Mr. Lawrence's entry into the Bureau of Prisons Witness Protection Program, he was given a polygraph examination. He was never asked, nor did he ever answer any questions as to whether his testimony in any trial was or would be truthful. He was asked whether, in answering the questions by the polygrapher, would he answer the questions truthfully. R71-4196. 15 We note that during closing argument, Tokars's counsel argued that Lawrence lied about the questions he was asked in the polygraph examination. decision to quash the subpoena, but did so in a sealed order because the discussion revealed Tokars's theory of defense. After reviewing the district court's sealed order and the record pertaining to this issue, we conclude that the district court's factual findings were not clearly erroneous and that the district court did not abuse its discretion. See United States v. Silverman, 745 F.2d 1386, 1397 (11th Cir.1984).