Legal Opinion
Clarence Eugene Lawson v. Edward W. Murray, Director of the Virginia Department of Corrections
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided January 25, 1988No. 86-6763PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAYNSWORTH, Senior Circuit Judge:
In a state court in Virginia, Clarence Lawson was convicted of burglary, attempted burglary and larceny. During his trial, he offered in his defense the testimony of Larry Bellamy, who, after briefly giving some testimony tending to exculpate Lawson, cut off cross-examination by invoking his fifth amendment privilege against self-incrimination. Believing that Bellamy’s invocation of the privilege substantially impaired the Commonwealth’s right to a fair trial, the trial judge struck all of Bellamy’s testimony.
After exhaustion of all of his available state…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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- United States v. David LordCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1983
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