Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
Kostadinov v. United States
Kostadinov v. United States, 469 U.S. 881 (1984)
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1984-10-09
- Topic
- general
How later courts describe this case
- noting that Rule 804(b)(1)'s concern for adversarial cross-examination is not present when the government has had a previous opportunity to question a witness during a grand jury hearing
- noting that requirement that court rule upon validity of witness’ assertion of privilege need not be met when its fulfillment would be mere formalism
- “it is clear that a witness who is unavailable because he has invoked the Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination is unavailable under the terms of 804(a)(1)”
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C. A. 2d Cir. Certiorari denied.