Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit April 13, 1995, 93-3291 (United States v. Vytautas Gecas)

BIRCH, Circuit Judge:

This case requires us to determine whether a witness may invoke the Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination for fear of foreign prosecution. The district court held that the Fifth Amendment privilege was not a “personal ‘right’ conferred upon persons within the protection of American law,”

United States v. Gecas,

830 F.Supp. 1403, 1421 (N.D.Fla.