Time: Mon Jun 30 05:19:35 1997 by primenet.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id FAA04360; Mon, 30 Jun 1997 05:11:52 -0700 (MST) by usr02.primenet.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id FAA20243; Mon, 30 Jun 1997 05:11:47 -0700 (MST) Date: Mon, 30 Jun 1997 05:10:05 -0700 To: "Brent Alan" <liberty1@ptialaska.net> From: Paul Andrew Mitchell [address in tool bar] Subject: SLS: federal witness/federal citizen At 10:43 PM 6/29/97 -0800, you wrote: > >Paul, > Why do you have behind your name the words "federal witness". I have never heard anyone >else claim that title. It almost sounds as if one would need to be a 'federal citizen' to >be a 'federal witness'. > >Brent Alan,Cole near Craig, Alaska Brent, Testifying makes you a federal witness. You can be compelled, pursuant to the Sixth Amendment ("... to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses ...."). See 18 U.S.C. 1512 and 1513, in particular the Historical and Statutory Notes and the Legislative History of the most recent amendments. Congress does not like it when federal witnesses get threatened, or when they are the victims of retaliation. Being a federal witness does not make you a federal citizen, however, because of the Sixth Amendment. /s/ Paul Mitchell http://www.supremelaw.com ======================================================================== Paul Andrew Mitchell : Counselor at Law, federal witness B.A., Political Science, UCLA; M.S., Public Administration, U.C. Irvine tel: (520) 320-1514: machine; fax: (520) 320-1256: 24-hour/day-night email: [address in tool bar] : using Eudora Pro 3.0.2 on 586 CPU website: http://www.supremelaw.com : visit the Supreme Law Library now ship to: c/o 2509 N. Campbell, #1776 : this is free speech, at its best Tucson, Arizona state : state zone, not the federal zone Postal Zone 85719/tdc : USPS delays first class w/o this As agents of the Most High, we came here to establish justice. We shall not leave, until our mission is accomplished and justice reigns eternal. ======================================================================== [This text formatted on-screen in Courier 11, non-proportional spacing.]
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