Hebebrand v. State

These plaintiffs in error will be referred to as the defendants, who seek to invoke the cloak and protection of the immunity provisions contained in Article I, Section 10 of the state Constitution and in the Fifth Amendment of the federal Constitution, which provide that no “person shall be compelled, in any criminal case, to be a witness against himself.” It is the contention of the state that Section 13444-4, General Code (113 Ohio Laws, 186), purports to grant complete immunity from prosecution for nine separate misdemeanors, six of which pertain to offenses concerning gambling, and three…