Case Name: MATTHEWS v. UNITED STATES
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1944-11-09
Citations: 145 F.2d 823
Docket Number: No. 11093
Parties: MATTHEWS v. UNITED STATES.
Judges: Before SIBLEY, McCORD, and LEE, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: Federal Reporter 2d Series
Volume: 145
Pages: 823–823

Head Matter:
MATTHEWS v. UNITED STATES.
No. 11093.
Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
Nov. 9, 1944.
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.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
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.