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U.S. v. GECAS

No. 93-3291.

50 F.3d 1549 (1995)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Vytautas GECAS, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

April 13, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ivars Berzins, Babylon, NY, for appellant.

E. Bryan Wilson, Asst. U.S. Atty., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Tallahassee, FL, Robert G. Seasonwein, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Office of Special Investigations, Washington, DC, for appellee.

Before BIRCH and DUBINA, Circuit Judges, and JOHNSON, Senior Circuit Judge.

BIRCH, Circuit Judge:

This case requires us to determine whether a witness may invoke the Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination for fear of foreign prosecution. The district court held that the Fifth Amendment privilege was not a "personal `right' conferred upon persons within the protection of American law," United States v. Gecas, 830 F.Supp. 1403, 1421 (N.D.Fla.1993), and thus could not "protect a witness...

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