Biography
Preston Callins was a witness in the 1978 assault prosecution of Black Panther Party co-founder Huey P. Newton. A contemporary account reports that Callins spent twelve days in jail for refusing to testify. Newton was acquitted of the assault charge on September 29, 1978. Callins’s witness detention was separate from Newton’s imprisonment.
Preston Callins was a witness in the 1978 assault prosecution of Black Panther Party co-founder Huey P. Newton. A contemporary account reports that Callins spent twelve days in jail for refusing to testify. Newton was acquitted of the assault charge on September 29, 1978. Callins’s witness detention was separate from Newton’s imprisonment.
The Black Panther, October 1–14, 1979, volume 19 no. 10, PDF page 3.
