Legal Opinion
United States v. Peter Underwood
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided July 24, 1989No. 89-1315PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BREYER, Circuit Judge.
Peter Underwood appeals from his conviction for contempt of court, a conviction that rests upon his refusal to testify at the trial of Stuart Newton and Thomas Gilbert, whom, in July 1983, Underwood allegedly helped to smuggle drugs. Underwood says that the Fifth Amendment protects his refusal to testify at that trial because his testimony might be used against him in his own drug-smuggling case, which prosecution was taking place at about the same time, before the same judge. Underwood feared that the judge would use his testimony against him, either in deciding whether…
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