Legal Opinion
United States v. William J. Vandetti
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided June 18, 1980No. 79-5406PublishedCited by 58 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CORNELIA G. KENNEDY, Circuit Judge.
Appellant William J. Vandetti was indicted with six codefendants and charged with conducting an illegal gambling business in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1955. Appellant, who was not arraigned until the trial of the codefendants was in progress, was tried and convicted in a separate trial. On appeal he raises three issues: (1) whether it was prejudicial for the prosecutor to call his convicted codefendants as witnesses knowing that they would all assert their fifth amendment privileges and to require them to testify to the fact of their convictions; (2) whether…
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