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KRS 437.140

Witness in prosecution of criminal conspirators not to claim exemption

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Commonwealth v. Brown (1981)

Most recently applied in Commonwealth v. Brown (July 1981)

History: Amended 1974 Ky

In any prosecution for criminal conspiracy it shall be no exemption for a witness that his testimony may incriminate himself. No testimony given by the witness shall be used against him in any prosecution except for perjury, and he shall be discharged from all liability for a violation of any criminal conspiracy law necessarily disclosed in his testimony.

Official source: Kentucky General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Kentucky statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.