Legal Opinion
United States v. Arvey Hawy Lyons and Vickie Elaine Lyons, A/K/A Vickie Colbert
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 14, 1983No. 82-1325PublishedCited by 61 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALVIN B. RUBIN, Circuit Judge:
A husband and wife, convicted of conspiracy and interstate transportation of stolen goods, claim they were denied their sixth amendment rights of confrontation and cross-examination because a government witness invoked the privilege against self-incrimination after a brief direct examination. They also assert various trial errors. Finding none of the claims to have merit, we affirm.
Arvey Hawy Lyons and his wife, Vickie Elaine Lyons, were convicted of violating 18 U.S.C. § 371 (1976), by conspiring to violate federal statutes prohibiting the interstate…
2Cases cited50 opinions
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- Holloway v. ArkansasSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
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