State v. Finley

OPINION

Judge MANNHEIMER,

The State of Alaska is prosecuting Demetrius J. Finley for a drug offense, and the State wishes to call Thomas B. Dickson as a witness at Finley's trial The State concedes that Dickson's testimony would be self-incriminatory, so the State has granted "transactional" immunity to Dickson-promising him that he will not be prosecuted by the State of Alaska for any crime he is compelled to testify about. The Alaska Constitution requires this complete immunity when a witness is compelled to give self-incriminating testimony. State v. Gonzalez, 853 P.2d 526 (Alaska 1993).

But…