Case 1
25 F.3d 1558: United States of America, Plaintiff-appellee, v. Monte Dale Thompson, Defendant-appellant
Court: United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia
Parties to the case: F. Robert Raley, Macon, GA, for appellant and Edgar Ennis, U.S. Atty., Dixie A. Morrow, Asst. U.S. Atty., Macon, GA, for appellee.
Facts: Thompson did stipulate to the fact that he had pawned and possessed numerous firearms. He also did specify that he signed the transaction records which were wrongly mentioned in the previous conviction of an offense when he did pawn the firearms. In sequence to this conviction, Thompson, based on the entrapment by estoppel, filed a motion for the judgment to have an alternate trial when judge refused to allow the presentation.
Also “R1:59-2. Thompson further stipulated that all of the firearms he possessed were shipped or transported in interstate commerce prior to his possession. R1:59-1.”
The case was convicted in the Superior court of Clayton in Georgia the time when Thompson did possess the firearms of armed robbery. Prior to the case, he was working for federal and local law enforcement agencies an informant (undercover). Thompson was very much involved with such activities thus was feeling very pertinent to the law enforcement community.
Analysis: The arguments made by Thompson; as he thought he would not be prosecuted for crimes he would commit except murder. He made this fact on the basis of oral grant the AUSA gave him in exchange to his assistance and testimony in other investigations. Thus there was an informal agreement between AUSA duke and Thompson.
The government admitted that Thompson did testify before the grand jury in the Evans case. The AUSA and the other agents denied that Thompson was not promised any immunity in exchange to the assistance and testimony. The appeal of the Thompson was denied by the