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US v. Armstrong, 517 US 456 (1996)
U.S. v. Armstrong (1996) was a case in which the petitioner was (surprisingly) the United States, and the respondent, Christopher Lee Armstrong. The claim in this case, was that the government should not be required to provide pre-trial disclosure of documents relevant to a case in cases of reported selective prosecution unless the respondent provides a reasonable and valid basis for believing that other people in analogous situations have not been prosecuted.
Here, the Court upheld the government's claim that African Americans prosecuted for drug offenses could not provide enough evidence to obtain pre-trial disclosure of documents relevant to the case (discovery) supporting their claim of selective prosecution. They failed to show that the government selected not to prosecute those in like situations.
The only dissenting judge was Judge John Paul Stevens. Chief Justice Rehnquist delivered the opinion of the Court.
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