United States v. Ruby Lazarus

JAMES M. CARTER, Circuit Judge:

Lazarus appeals from his conviction upon three out of seven counts of perjury under 18 U.S.C. § 1621, based on his testimony before a grand jury. He raises four questions: Did the district court err, (1) in denying his motion for a mistrial based upon a Government witness’ testimony linking Lazarus to the Mafia, (2) in admitting portions of transcript of the hearings before the grand jury in which Lazarus had asserted his privilege against self-incrimination, (3) in admitting bookmaking documents seized from a person other than Lazarus, and (4) in denying his…