306 Ga. App. 776 - Gilbert v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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1 state decisions

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1. “Whenever in the judgment of the Attorney General or any district attorney the testimony of any person or the production of evidence of any kind by any person in any criminal proceeding before a court or grand jury is necessary to the public interest, the Attorney General or the district attorney may request the superior court in writing to order that person to testify or produce the evidence Any order entered under this Code section shall be entered of record in the minutes of the court so as to afford a permanent record thereof; and any testimony given by a person pursuant to such order shall be transcribed and filed for permanent record in the office of the clerk of the court.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Allen v. the State

2. “[wjhile [the defendant] might have preferred that a key witness not be ordered to testify truthfully in his trial, there is nothing in Georgia law that would have permitted him to object to the State’s request for the [immunity] order or that would suggest that [the defendant’s] rights were the subject matter under consideration”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Allen v. the State