UNITED STATES v. SQUARTINO

No. 84-5800.

778 F.2d 734 (1985)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Henry Gerald SQUARTINO, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

December 19, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bohn E. Phillips, Asst. U.S. Atty., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Miami Strike Force, Miami, Fla., for plaintiff-appellant.

Bruce E. Wagner and Ivy A. Cowan, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., for defendant-appellee.

Before VANCE and HATCHETT, Circuit Judges, and ATKINS, District Judge.


PER CURIAM:

In this appeal, the government seeks reversal of the district court's dismissal of an indictment charging criminal contempt on the ground that the matter was not properly referred to the United States Attorney. We reverse.

FACTS

The government subpoenaed Henry Gerald Squartino, the appellant, to appear and testify before a grand jury. On November 8, 1983, Squartino appeared before the grand jury, but refused to testify, despite having...

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