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UNITED STATES v. COACHMAN

Nos. 81-2161, 81-2162.

752 F.2d 685 (1985)

UNITED STATES of America v. Albert W. COACHMAN. Appeal of Wendell HILL (Material Witness). UNITED STATES of America v. Albert W. COACHMAN. Appeal of Gary BALLARD (Material Witness).

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided January 18, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Theodore J. Christensen, Washington, D.C., appointed by the court, with whom William E. Reukauf, Washington, D.C., appointed by the court, was on the joint brief, for appellants.

Katherine Winfree, Asst. U.S. Atty., Washington, D.C., with whom Stanley S. Harris, U.S. Atty., Washington, D.C., at the time the brief was filed, John A. Terry, Asst. U.S. Atty., Washington, D.C., at the time the brief was filed, and John R. Fisher and Charles H. Roistacher, Asst. U.S. Attys., Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before ROBINSON, Chief Judge, WALD, Circuit Judge, and SWYGERT, Senior Circuit Judge.

Opinion for the Court filed by Chief Judge SPOTTSWOOD W. ROBINSON.

SPOTTSWOOD W. ROBINSON, Chief Judge:

Appellants were twice held in criminal contempt, first when they refused to testify during a grand jury investigation, and again when they refused to testify at a trial emanating therefrom. Each appellant asserts that his successive refusals constituted but a single offense, and resultantly that his second contempt...

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