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IN RE LAYDEN

No. 77 GJ 378.

446 F.Supp. 53 (1978)

In re Elmer Francis LAYDEN, Jr., a Witness before the Special February 1977 Grand Jury.

United States District Court, N. D. Illinois, E. D.

January 13, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George J. Cotsirilos, Chicago, Ill., for witness.

J. Kenneth Lowrie, Sp. Atty., U. S. Dept. of Justice, Samuel K. Skinner, U. S. Atty., Northern District of Illinois, Chicago, Ill., for the U. S.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

PARSONS, Chief Judge.

An order to compel a witness to furnish handwriting exemplars in a convoluted manner has been sought by the Government on behalf of the Special February 1977 Grand Jury; these exemplars are later to be compared with handwriting samples previously determined to have been disguised.

Three issues have been raised. First, to what extent does the Fifth Amendment...

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