United States v. Thomas

ORDER ON MOTION FOR PROTECTIVE ORDER REGARDING DEFENDANT’S TESTIMONY AT COMPETENCY HEARING

JOHN A. WOODCOCK, Jr., District Judge.

Under indictment for tax evasion, Richard Thomas moves for a protective order, requesting that any testimony that he may give at an upcoming competency hearing be deemed inadmissible at trial. Def.’s Mot. for Protective Order Regarding Def.’s Test. at Competency Hr’g (Docket # 101) (Def.’s Mot.). The Court denies the motion.

I. STATEMENT OF FACTS

On January 11, 2006, Richard Thomas was indicted on six counts of tax evasion by a federal grand jury. After initially…