People v. Sapia

With respect to the principal issue tendered on this appeal we hold that in the circumstances of this case the prosecution had no obligation, after identifying and producing an informer, to grant him immunity when, in the exercise of his privilege against self incrimination, the informer refused to give what, assumedly, would have been exculpatory testimony.

Earl Fodderell was one of several persons arrested and indicted on Federal charges arising out of an extensive, cooperative drug investigation conducted by local and Federal law enforcement officers. After Fodderell, reputedly a large *162narco…