Legal Opinion
United States v. Trenton Brooks Seavers
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided January 25, 1973No. 72-1014PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LIVELY, Judge.
The Court is called upon in this appeal to determine whether a person who has pled guilty in his own criminal prosecution may subsequently refuse to testify on Fifth Amendment grounds when called as a witness in the trial of one accused of aiding and abetting him. Appellant Seavers pled guilty to violation of the Dyer Act, 18 U.S.C. §§ 2312 and 2. The charge involved transporting a stolen automobile from California to Ohio. Approximately one month later he was brought from prison by the government to testify in the trial of William Franklin who was also charged with aiding and…
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