Carlos Garza De Luna v. United States

U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit · Decided 1962-08-15

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WISDOM, Circuit Judge. The conflicting interests of the two co-defendants in this action have generated a narrow but important question relating to the scope of the privilege against self-incrimination: When one of two defendants jointly tried in a criminal proceeding in a federal court exercises his right not to testify, does the Fifth Amendment protect him from prejudicial co…

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