People v. Leggio’s Empirical Analysis

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1. “That communication merely reiterates a right which the legislature created for any defendant in Leggio’s position. I hold that in order to effectuate that right, the defendant must activate it in an affirmative manner by making an unqualified, specific request to come before the grand jury and testify. It is only then that defendant’s right to testify accrues____ “Reserving” one’s right to testify, as Leggio did, and “requesting” to appear before the grand jury, as the statute requires, are not synonymous. Since defendant’s letter did not constitute a request to testify within the meaning of the statute, the prosecutor had no obligation to notify Leggio to appear before the grand jury.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 665 F. Supp. 271 - Saldana v. State of NY