U.S. v. YERARDI

No. 99-1063.

192 F.3d 14 (1999)

UNITED STATES of America, Petitioner, Appellee, v. Rafia Feghi YERARDI, Respondent, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided September 21, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter B. Prince with whom Peckham, Lobel, Casey, Prince & Tye LLP was on brief, for respondent-appellant.

Richard L. Hoffman, Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Donald K. Stern, United States Attorney, was on brief, for petitioner-appellee.

Before SELYA, Circuit Judge, CYR, Senior Circuit Judge, and BOUDIN, Circuit Judge.


BOUDIN, Circuit Judge.

This appeal, which presents difficult questions concerning the adverse spousal testimony privilege, arises out of the following facts. The appellant, Rafia Feghi, is married to Joseph A. Yerardi, Jr. In October 1993, Joseph Yerardi was indicted in the district court on 71 counts, including money laundering, extortion, witness intimidation, operating an illegal gambling business, racketeering and criminal forfeiture. 18 U.S.C. §§ 2...

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