Court Opinion

ID: 9693485
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-25 16:44:34.28802+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T12:08:14.061499
License: Public Domain

NEWMAN, Chief Judge,
concurring:
While cases may arise where disclosure of statements, either for in camera examination or for an “adversarial presentation” might assist the court in ruling on a motion to sever, the refusal of the government to disclose is not a proper basis for the suppression ordered here. Rather, the trial court might deem it appropriate to grant a severance motion where the issue is' close and the government declines to make disclosure. This course, in my view, would constitute a proper exercise of discretion. See generally Johnson v. United States, D.C.App., 398 A.2d 354 (1979).