Legal Opinion
United States v. Earl A. Garner, United States of America v. Everett C. McKethan
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided February 17, 1978No. 77-1222 and 77-1224PublishedCited by 65 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAYNSWORTH, Chief Judge:
Convicted of drug related offenses arising out of the alleged importation of substantial quantities of heroin from West Germany and Holland, the defendants complain primarily of the admission in evidence of the grand jury testimony of an alleged co-conspirator who declined to testify at the trial despite the best efforts of the trial judge and his own lawyer to get him to do so.
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Warren Robinson, the grand jury witness, had been indicted for offenses committed by him in connection with the importation of the heroin. He had previously commenced serving a six year…
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