UNITED STATES v. WILLIAMS

No. 82-1105.

704 F.2d 315 (1983)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. O'Neal WILLIAMS, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided April 8, 1983.

Rehearing Denied May 18, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clyde B. Pritchard, Detroit, Mich., Mark A. Goldsmith, Troy, Mich., for defendant-appellant.

Leonard R. Gilman, U.S. Atty., Ellen Dennis, Asst. U.S. Atty., Detroit, Mich., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before KEITH and KRUPANSKY, Circuit Judges, and PHILLIPS, Senior Circuit Judge.


KRUPANSKY, Circuit Judge.

This is a direct appeal by O'Neal Williams (Williams) from the judgment of the district court entered pursuant to a jury verdict convicting him of an attempt to possess cocaine. 21 U.S.C. §§ 844, 846. Williams charges fifth amendment infringements against self-incrimination when compelled, during his trial, to read a neutral passage from Time magazine to the jury for the purpose of voice identification.

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