UNITED STATES v. SEAVERS

No. 72-1014.

472 F.2d 607 (1973)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Trenton Brooks SEAVERS, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided January 25, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James D. London (Court appointed), Cleveland, Ohio, for defendant-appellant.

Joseph T. McGinness, Asst. U. S. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee; Frederick M. Coleman, U. S. Atty., Cleveland, Ohio, on brief.

Before PHILLIPS, Chief Judge, and PECK and LIVELY, Circuit Judges.


LIVELY, Judge.

The Court is called upon in this appeal to determine whether a person who has pled guilty in his own criminal prosecution may subsequently refuse to testify on Fifth Amendment grounds when called as a witness in the trial of one accused of aiding and abetting him. Appellant Seavers pled guilty to violation of the Dyer Act, 18 U.S.C. §§ 2312 and 2. The charge involved transporting a stolen automobile from California to Ohio. Approximately one...

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