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PETITION FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUS OF PETITIONER-DEFENDANT, TIMOTHY JAMES McVEIGH AND BRIEF IN SUPPORT MARCH 25, 1997 |
IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT
TIMOTHY JAMES McVEIGH,
Petitioner-Defendant,
v.
Case No. 96-_____
(Case No. 96-CR-68-M below)
HONORABLE RICHARD P. MATSCH,
Respondent.
PETITION FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUS OF PETITIONER-DEFENDANT,
TIMOTHY JAMES McVEIGH AND BRIEF IN SUPPORT
MARCH 25, 1997
Stephen Jones, OBA #4805
Robert Nigh, Jr., OBA #011686
Richard Burr, FBA #407402
Jeralyn E. Merritt, Esquire
Cheryl A. Ramsey, OBA #7403
Christopher L. Tritico, TBA #20232050
Of Counsel
Robert L. Wyatt, IV, OBA #13154
Michael D. Roberts, OBA #13764
James L. Hankins, OBA #15506
Randall T. Coyne, OBA #549013
Amber McLaughlin, TBA #1374098
Robert J. Warren, OBA #16123
Mandy Welch, TBA #21125380
Holly Hillerman, OBA #017055
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PAGE NO.
OVERVIEW
1
I. INTRODUCTION
4
STATEMENT OF MATERIAL FACTS
9
II. PHYSICAL AND POLITICAL MAGNITUDE OF THE DESTRUCTION OF
THE ALFRED P. MURRAH BUILDING
9
A. Immediate Effects of the Explosion
9
B. The Response of the Federal Government
13
1. The Government's Immediate Response to the Bombing
14
a. Mobilization
14
b. Evidence From Public Sources of government Use of Intelligence Networks With
Foreign Nations in the Investigation of the Alfred P. Murrah Building Bombing
16
C. CIA and NSA Investigation Protocol
17
2. Evidence of the International Scope of the Investigation and the
Involvement of
Organs of State Intelligence in
Several U.S. Domestic Bombing Cases Including the Alfred P. Murrah Building
21
3. The Investigative Focus Upon Foreign Terrorists
24
III. THE ARREST OF TIMOTHY McVEIGH
28
IV. THE GRAND JURY RETURNS THE INDICTMENT OF "OTHERS
UNKNOWN"
29
i
V. THE "OTHERS UNKNOWN" TO THE GRAND JURY
32
A. Elliott's Body Shop
32
B. Oklahoma City Eyewitnesses
34
C. Jeff Davis
35
D. Frederick Schlender
37
E. Legal Significance of the Existence of "Others Unknown"
38
VI. PRIOR WARNING, ATF INFORMANTS, AND POSSIBLE "OTHERS
UNKNOWN"
38
A. Elohim City
38
B. Dennis Mahon, Andreas Strassmeir and Carol Howe
44
1. Dennis Mahon
44
2. Andreas Strassmeir
47
3. Carol Howe and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
53
VII. BEYOND ELOHIM CITY
79
A. Suspect I, Posse Comitatus, and Iraq
79
1. Posse Comitatus
79
B. Saudi Report Concerning Iraq
81
C. FBI Special Agent Kevin Foust
82
2. State Sponsorship Precedent
85
D. Israelis Present at the Bomb Site
89
E. A Subject of the Investigation in the Philippines
91
ii
VIII. PROCEDURAL HISTORY OF DISCOVERY REQUESTS
101
A. Introduction
10l
IX. GOVERNMENT EVASION OF ITS DISCOVERY RESPONSIBILITIES
111
A. The Government's Restrictive Definition of Brady
114
B. Counsel for the Government are Powerless to Effect Disclosure of
Discoverable
Information from National Intelligence Agencies
128
X. AUTHORITY
137
A. Judge Matsch's Denial of Mr. McVeigh's Discovery Motions is Reviewable
Upon Petition
for Writ of Mandamus
137
B. Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 16 Entitles Mr. McVeigh to the
Requested Discovery
Material
138
C. The District Court Abused its Discretion by Denying Mr. McVeigh's
Repeated Requests
for Brady Material
142
D. Standard for Guidance in Search
144
E. Because the Material Sought by Mr. McVeigh is Material Both to Guilt and
Punishment,
the District Court's Abuse of Discretion Jeopardizes Both Stages of Mr.
McVeigh's Capital
Trial
146
X. SPECIFIC RELIEF REQUESTED
152
CERTIFICATE OF HAND DELIVERY
154
ii
TABLE OF AUTHORITIES
United States Supreme Court Cases
PAGE NO.
Arizona v. Youngblood, 488 U.S.51,58 (1988)
151
Bankers Life & Cas. Co. V. Holland, 346 U.S.379 (1953)
139
Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83(1963)
passim
Eddings v. Oklahoma, 455 U.S. 104, 110-12(1982)
147
Giglio v. United States, 405 U.S. 150(1972)
passim
Kyles v. Whitley, 514 U.S.419, 115 S. Ct. 1555, 1565-68, 131 L
Ed. 2d490 (1995).
115, 142, 143, 14S,
151
Roche v. Evaporated Milk Assn., 319 U.S.21(1943)
137
Snepp v. United States, 444 U.S.507, 512 (1980)
16
United States v. Agurs, 427 U.S.97, 110(1976)
145
United State v. Bagley, 473 U.S.667, 675(1985)
151
United States v. Richard M. Nixon, President of the United
States, 418 U.S. 683(1974)
136
Will v. United States, 389 U.S. 90, 95(1967)
137
iv
Other Federal Cases
Chaney v. Brown, 730 F.2d1334, 1345 (10th Cir. 1984), cert. denied, 496 U.S.
1090(1984)
146, 147, 148
Hopkinson v. Shillinger, 781 F. Supp. 737 (D. Wyo. 1991)
150, 151, 152
In re Joint Eastern & Southern Districts Asbestos Litigation, 22 F. 2d755(7th
Cir. 1994)
137
Nichols v. Alley, 71 F.3d347(10th Cir. 1995)
12
Smith v. Secretary of New Mexico Department of Corrections, 50 F.3d801,
824(10th Cir.1995)
144, 145, 146
Texaco, Inc. v. Chandler, 354 F. 2d655(10th Cir. 1965), cert. denied, 383 U.S.
936(1966)
137
United States v. Clegg, 740 F.2d 16, 18 (9th Cir.1984)
139
United States ex rel Smith v. Fairman, 769 F.2d386, 391-93 (7th Cir. 1985)
145
United States v. Fernandez, 913 F.2d 148, 154 (4th Cir. 1990 )
138
United States v. George, 786 F. Sup. 11, 13(D.D.C> 1991)
140
United States v. LaRouche, 695 F. Supp. 1265, 1281 (D. Mass. 1988)
145
United States v. Mandel, 914 F. 2d 1215, 1219 (9th Cir. 1990)
139
United States v. McAnderson, 914 F. 2d934(7th Cu. 1990)
85
v
United States v. McVeigh, 923 F.Supp.1310,1313(D.Colo.1996)
114,130
United States v. Perdomo, 929 F.2d967-978(3d Cir.1991)
144
United States v. Penix, 516 F.Supp.248, 255 (W.D. Okla. 1981)
30,104
United States v. Poindexter, 727 F.Supp.1470(D.D.C.1989), rev.d on other
"rounds, 951 F.2d366(D.C. Cir. 1991)
141,142
United States v. Rahman, 870 F.Supp.47,51(S.D.N.Y.1994)
142,143,151
United States v. Rewald, 889 F.2d836 (9th Cir.1989)
15
United States v. Rezaq, 156 F.R.D.514,519(D.D.C.1994)
140
United States v. Ritter, 272 F.2d30,32(10th Cir.1959), cert. denied, 362
U.S.950(1960)
137
United States v. Trevino, 556 F.2d1265, 1272 (5th Cir.1977)
144
United States v. Yunis, 867 F.2d617,623(D.C.1989)
140
United States v. Yunis, 924 F.2d1086,1095(D.C.Cir.1991)
140
United States v. Zuno-Arce, 44 F.3d 1420, 1427 (9th Cir.1995)
144
Other Authorities
28 U.S.C.'1651(a)
137
Fed.R.Crin.P.16(a)(1)(C)
129, 138,139
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