Legal Opinion
United States v. Sing Kee
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided March 3, 1958No. 90, Docket 24624PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LUMBARD, Circuit Judge.
This appeal turns on whether it was error for the government to cross-examine defendant’s witness Samuel Waterman to disclose that he had asserted the shield of the Fifth Amendment to avoid answering certain questions put to him before the grand jury. We hold that in the setting of this case the cross-examination was proper and accordingly we affirm the conviction.
Sing Kee appeals from a judgment of conviction and sentence entered on March 5, 1957, after a jury, presided over by Judge Richard H. Levet in the Southern District of New York during a ten day trial, found…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Kotteakos v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Berger v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
- Grunewald v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Walder v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- United States v. Charles Tomaiolo and Louis SovieroCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1957
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3Cited by21 opinions
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- United States v. Sidney GlasserCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1971
- United States v. Harold Gross, Also Known as Harry GrossCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1960
- Ronald Ralph Pependrea v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1960
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