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MEADOWS v. UNITED STATES

No. 24756.

420 F.2d 795 (1969)

Raymond MEADOWS, Defendant-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

December 23, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James F. Hewitt (argued), San Francisco, Cal., for defendant-appellant.

Jerrold Lader (argued), David H. Fox, Asst. U. S. Attys., Cecil F. Poole, U. S. Atty., San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before MERRILL and WRIGHT, Circuit Judges, and BEEKS, District Judge.

EUGENE A. WRIGHT, Circuit Judge.

The question before us is whether the Supreme Court's decision in Haynes v. United States, 390 U.S. 85, 88 S.Ct. 722, 19 L.Ed.2d 923 (1968) is to be applied retroactively. We hold that it is.

In Haynes, decided January 20, 1968, the Court held that a plea of the privilege against self-incrimination guaranteed by the Fifth Amendment was a complete defense to a prosecution under 26 U.S.C...

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