323 Pa. Super. 33 - Commonwealth v. Johnson’s Empirical Analysis
1983
Citation profile
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Chambers v. Mississippi · Kastigar v. United States · California State Board of Equalization v. Western Marina Corp. · ITT Continental Baking Co. v. William Inglis & Sons Baking Co. · In re Disbarment of Kleindienst
Most-quoted passages
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“The trial court held that only the Attorney General or a district attorney could request an immunity order, and that since here there had been no such request, no order could issue. This was error. The court itself, upon appropriate proof, had the power to grant immunity.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[T]he request and issuance of immunity is within the judgment of the Attorney General and district attorney, neither the court nor defense counsel may force the prosecutor to compel the testimony of a defense witness.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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