Matthews v. United States
| Decision Date | 09 November 1944 |
| Docket Number | No. 11093.,11093. |
| Citation | 145 F.2d 823 |
| Parties | MATTHEWS v. UNITED STATES. |
| Court | U.S. Court of Appeals — Fifth Circuit |
O. S. Lewis, of Dothan, Ala., for appellant.
Hartwell Davis, Asst. U. S. Atty., of Montgomery, Ala., for appellee.
Before SIBLEY, McCORD, and LEE, Circuit Judges.
The defendant offered himself as a witness in his trial. He could lawfully be impeached as a witness by proof that he had been convicted of other felonies and could be himself interrogated about it. Williams v. United States, 5 Cir., 254 F. 52; Gordon v. United States, 5 Cir., 254 F. 53; Wheeler v. United States, 5 Cir., 293 F. 588; Pittman v. United States, 8 Cir., 42 F.2d 793; Fire Assn. of Philadelphia v. Weathered, 5 Cir., 62 F.2d 78; Scaffidi v. United States, 1 Cir., 37 F.2d 203.
Judgment affirmed.
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