RICHARDS v. UNITED STATES

No. 18320.

318 F.2d 639 (1963)

Clyde Leon RICHARDS, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

June 3, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth J. Levy, San Francisco, Cal., for appellant.

John W. Bonner, U. S. Atty., Thomas R. C. Wilson II, and Melvin D. Close, Jr., Asst. U. S. Attys., Las Vegas, Nev., for appellee.

Before ORR, HAMLEY and BROWNING, Circuit Judges.


BROWNING, Circuit Judge.

1. When the government closed its case in appellant's trial for violation of the Dyer Act (18 U.S.C.A. § 2312), appellant's retained counsel announced that appellant would not take the stand. Out of the presence of the jury, the court then told appellant that he did not have to take the stand but, in effect, advised appellant to waive his privilege and testify.1 Appellant did so.

On cross-examination...

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