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U.S. v. MARTIN

No. 96-30036.

974 F.Supp. 677 (1997)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. Michael R. MARTIN, William D. Ladd, Management Services of Illinois, Inc., and Ronald D. Lowder, Defendants.

United States District Court, C.D. Illinois, Springfield Division.

August 11, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rodger A. Heaton, Patrick J. Chesley, Asst. U.S. Attys., Springfield, IL, for Plaintiff.

Ronald Menaker, Patrick A. Tuite, Arnstein & Lehr, Chicago, IL, J. Steven Beckett, Carol A. Dison, Brett N. Olmstead, Beckett & Associates, Urbana, IL, Daniel C. Lanterman, Gramlich Law Offices, Springfield, IL, D. Peter Wise, Metnick, Wise, Cherry & Frazier, Springfield, IL, Ronald J. Stone, Bruce Stratton, Springfield, IL, for Defendants.

OPINION

RICHARD MILLS, District Judge:

"Every criminal defendant is privileged to testify in his own defense, or to refuse to do so. But that privilege cannot be construed to include the right to commit perjury." Harris v. New York, 401 U.S. 222, 225, 91 S.Ct. 643, 645, 28 L.Ed.2d 1 (1971).

I. BACKGROUND

In a previous Order, the Court stated that it would reserve ruling on the issue of whether...

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