UNITED STATES v. CLARK

No. 82-2082.

712 F.2d 299 (1983)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Richard CLARK, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 14, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary A. Martin, Chicago, Ill., for defendant-appellant.

James R. Ferguson, Asst. U.S. Atty., Dan K. Webb, U.S. Atty., Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before POSNER and COFFEY, Circuit Judges, and GIBSON, Senior Circuit Judge.


FLOYD R. GIBSON, Senior Circuit Judge.

Richard Clark appeals the district court's judgment finding him in criminal contempt of court for refusing to testify at the trial of his wife. We affirm the judgment of the district court.

I. Facts

In June 1981 Clark and his wife, Christine Kunkel, were indicted for stealing money from a savings and loan in Evanston, Illinois. The government charged that Kunkel, an employee of the savings and loan, set...

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