UNITED STATES v. WILLIS

Civ. A. No. 542.

145 F.Supp. 365 (1955)

UNITED STATES of America, Petitioner, v. Grover C. WILLIS, Jr., Respondent.

United States District Court M. D. Georgia, Columbus Division.

January 26, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph H. Davis, Asst. U. S. Atty., Macon, Ga., for petitioner.

Grover C. Willis, Jr., Columbus, Ga., for respondent.


BOOTLE, District Judge.

The claim of protection under the Fifth Amendment comes belatedly in this case. It is not asserted until in the written brief filed January 14, 1955, after the hearings of December 20 and December 28, 1954, and after the records were delivered into Court on the latter date.

The right of a lawyer not to disclose the confidential communications of his clients and the right against self-incrimination are different rights. Grant v. United...

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