Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
Vaughn v. Municipal Court, Los Angeles Judicial District
393 U.S. 856
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1968-10-14
- Topic
- general
How later courts describe this case
- reversing conviction because the district court erred in requiring the marital privilege to be asserted before the jury, if at all, and allowing prosecutorial comment on de fendant’s wife’s failure to testify, which effectively destroyed the spousal privilege
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Sup. Ct. Cal. Motion to dispense with printing petition granted. Certiorari denied.