IN RE ASKIN

No. 94-5428.

47 F.3d 100 (1995)

In re: Steven M. ASKIN, Appellant, UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Mark T. McNULTY, Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided February 2, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: William Benjamin Moffitt, Moffitt, Zwerling & Kemler, Alexandria, VA; Kevin David Mills, Burke Street Law Center, Martinsburg, WV, for appellant. Thomas Oliver Mucklow, Asst. U.S. Atty., Wheeling, WV, for appellee. ON BRIEF: William D. Wilmoth, U.S. Atty., Wheeling, WV, for appellee.

Before WILKINSON, Circuit Judge, PHILLIPS, Senior Circuit Judge, and LAY, Senior Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, sitting by designation.


Affirmed by published opinion. Judge WILKINSON wrote the opinion, in which Senior Judge PHILLIPS and Senior Judge LAY joined.

OPINION

WILKINSON, Circuit Judge:

This case raises questions about the respective roles of Congress and the courts in judging the propriety of surveillance activity involving advancing technologies. Appellant Steven M. Askin, a non-party witness in a drug conspiracy trial, refused to answer certain questions posed to him by...

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