State v. Soriano

In these consolidated contempt ’ cases, defendants refused to testify before a grand jury investigating a possible burglary at the General Store in Klamath Falls, claiming their right under Article I, section 12, of the Oregon Constitution 1 not to be compelled to testify against themselves. After extensive proceedings, the trial court granted them use and derivative use immunity under ORS 136.617-136.619 2 and ordered them to testify. They persisted in their refusals, claiming that the statutory immunity was insufficient to replace their constitutional right and that only transactional…