Legal Opinion
Harry Widger v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 26, 1957No. 16201PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CAMERON, Circuit Judge.
Appellant, Harry Widger, was sentenced to a year’s imprisonment for refusal to answer questions asked him in a criminal prosecution.1 The sentence was to begin at the termination of a sentence of life imprisonment for murder appellant was already serving in the Louisiana Penitentiary.
Appellant had plead guilty to murdering one Henry Stern in New Orleans, Louisiana, June 16, 1950. He was called by the government as a witness in the prosecution of Anthony Maenza for violating Title 18, Section 1073, United States Code Annotated, by. traveling in interstate commerce with…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Hoffman v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1951
- Emspak v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
- Cammer v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
- Hallinan v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1950
- Johnson v. Atlantic Coast Line RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
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3Cited by23 opinions
- United States v. Charles Clark Marshall, IIICourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1971
- Commonwealth v. CorsettiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
- Horn v. District Court, Ninth Judicial DistrictWyoming Supreme Court · 1982
- United States v. David R. Schrimsher, in Re Charles D. Butts, Attorney at LawCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
- Alexander v. SharpeSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1968
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