UNITED STATES v. HEARST

Cr. No. 74-364-OJC.

412 F.Supp. 885 (1976)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. Patricia Campbell HEARST, Defendant.

United States District Court, N. D. California.

February 23, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James L. Browning, Jr., U. S. Atty., F. Steele Langford, David P. Bancroft, Edward P. Davis, Jr., Asst. U. S. Attys., San Francisco, Cal., for the United States.

F. Lee Bailey, J. Albert Johnson, Boston, Mass., Thomas J. May, Brookline, Mass., for defense.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

OLIVER J. CARTER, Chief Judge.

A hearing was held on this matter outside the presence of the jury. The defendant moved to limit the scope of the Government's cross-examination of her following her election to testify in her own behalf at trial. The ground alleged for so moving was the defendant's privilege against self-incrimination guaranteed under the Fifth Amendment.

Essentially the defendant's argument is this: Although she...

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