UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA :

:

v. : Crim. No. xx-0408(JR) :

xxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxx :

______________________________:

EX PARTE MOTION FOR ISSUANCE OF SUBPOENAS

Defendant xxxxxxxxxxxxxx, through undersigned counsel, respectfully requests the court, pursuant to Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 17(b) and the Sixth Amendment right to effective assistance of counsel and to present a defense, for an order authorizing the issuance of subpoenas to the witnesses below, all of whom are to be served at places more than 25 miles from the District of Columbia. These witnesses are necessary to Mr. Wilkerson's defense. The witnesses are:

xxxxxxxxxx,  xxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Hampton, VA

xxxxxxxxxxxx, xxxxxxxx, xxxxxxxxxx, Halifax, NC 27839.

Respectfully submitted,

A.J. KRAMER

FEDERAL PUBLIC DEFENDER

Valencia Rainey

Assistant Federal Public Defender 625 Indiana Avenue, N.W.,Suite 550

Washington, DC 20004

(202) 208-7500, ext. 102

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I HEREBY CERTIFY that a copy of the foregoing Ex Parte Motion For Issuance Of Subpoenas was transmitted by facsimile and mailed, first class, postage prepaid, to Mark Gellar, Assistant United States Attorney, 555 Fourth Street NW, Washington, DC 20001, this 26th day of September 1997.

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Valencia Rainey

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA :

:

v. : Crim. No. xx-0408(JR) :

xxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxx :

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ORDER FOR ISSUANCE OF SUBPOENAS

Upon consideration of defendant's request for authorization to issue subpoenas to witnesses necessary for his defense, it is this _____day of September 1997,

ORDERED, that the defendant, xxxxxxxxxxxxx, is authorized to serve subpoenas pursuant to Fed.R.Crim.P. 17(b), upon the following witnesses:

xxxxxxxx, xxxxxxxxx, Hampton, VA

xxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxx, xxxxxxxxxx, xxxxxxxxxx, Halifax, NC 27839.

James Robertson

United States District Judge

Distribution:

Original - Case file

2 copies - United States Marshall

1 copy - Defendant's attorney