Legal Opinion
Funk v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided December 11, 1933No. 394PublishedCited by 402 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Sutherland
The sole inquiry to be made in this case is whether in a federal court the wife of the defendant on trial for a criminal offense is a competent witness in his behalf. Her competency to testify against him is not involved.
The petitioner was twice tried and convicted in a federal district court upon an indictment for conspiracy to Violate the prohibition law. His conviction on the first trial was reversed by the circuit court of appeals upon a ground not material here. 46 F. (2d) 417. Upon the second trial, as upon the first, defendant called his wife to testify in his behalf. At both trials…
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