Legal Opinion
United States v. Louis Pacella
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided May 20, 1980No. 1148, Docket 80-1122PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SPEARS, District Judge:
This is an appeal from a judgment of civil contempt entered by the District Court for the Southern District of New York. Although granted use immunity, the appellant refused to answer a question directed to him by a federal grand jury, contending that he was not adequately protected by the immunity order.
At the time he was summoned to appear before the grand jury, the appellant was in federal custody, having been convicted on his plea of guilty to a charge of income tax evasion, as a result of which he had been fined $5,000 and was serving a sentence of two years in…
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3Cited by15 opinions
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