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FELDMAN V. UNITED STATES, 322 U. S. 487 (1944)

322 U. S. 487

U.S. Supreme Court

Feldman v. United States, 322 U.S. 487 (1944)

Feldman v. United States

No.193

Argued December 17, 1943

Decided May 29, 1944

322 U.S. 487

Syllabus

The Fifth Amendment does not forbid the use in evidence against a defendant in a criminal case in a federal court of self-incriminating testimony theretofore compelled -- under a state immunity statute and without participation by federal officers -- in proceedings in a state court. P. 322 U. S. 492.

136 F.2d 394 affirmed.

Certiorari, 320 U.S. 724, to review the affirmance of a conviction, under § 215 of the Criminal Code, for using the mails to defraud.


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