Does a witness have a right not to be cross-examined on the evidence of bribery?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from United States v. Cardillo, 316 F.2d 606 (2nd Cir. 1963):
Somewhat analogous is Montgomery v. United States, 5 Cir. 1953, 203 F.2d 887, in which the court reversed a tax-evasion conviction because the defendant, who was charged with not reporting as income money that he received as bribes, was precluded because of the witness' right not to answer questions that would incriminate him from cross-examining a government witness, who testified that he gave a bribe to the defendant, about bribes that he might have paid to others. The court said:
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