Marion Francis Fountain and Roosevelt Tremble v. United States of America, Eugene J. Marshall v. United States

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• explaining that the real question is whether “defendant’s inability to make the inquiry created a substantial danger of prejudice by depriving him of the ability to test the truth of the witness’s direct testimony”
• when witness asserts Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination on cross-examination, that witness’s direct testimony may be stricken
• “Since the district court was neither apprised of the purpose of the inquiry nor asked to rule on the matter or to strike the direct testimony, the situation cannot require reversal.”

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