Legal Opinion
Davis v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided September 5, 1989No. 85-121PublishedCited by 118 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NEWMAN, Associate Judge:
Milton Davis was convicted of carrying a pistol without a license, D.C.Code § 22-3204 (1981). He appealed, contending that the trial court had violated his fifth and sixth amendment rights to due process and to present witnesses by permitting a defense witness to refuse to testify on the basis of a claimed fifth amendment privilege against self-incrimination. A division of this court agreed with Davis that the trial court had committed constitutional error by failing to conduct the inquiry required to sustain a claim of the privilege. Davis v. United States, 482 A.2d…
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