Court Opinion

ID: 9428946
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-02 23:25:12.185208+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:23:16.356560
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Justice Blackmun,
concurring in the judgment.
I concur in the judgment of the Court essentially for the reasons set forth by Judge Roney, in writing for a panel of the former Fifth Circuit, in United States v. Avila-Dominguez, 610 F. 2d 1266, 1269-1270, cert. denied sub norm. Perez v. United States, 449 U. S. 887 (1980). At least a “plausible theory” of how the testimony of the deported witnesses would be helpful to the defense must be offered. None was advanced here; therefore, the motion, to dismiss the indictment was properly denied by the District Court.