People v. Doe

OPINION OF THE COURT

Herbert I. Altman, J.

A New Jersey resident has been issued a subpoena to testify before a New York County Grand Jury about matters relating to her husband, which concededly are not “confidential communications.” By agreement, the parties seek a ruling as to whether she may refuse to testify by invoking the New Jersey marital privilege statute.

The Grand Jury is currently investigating the murders of three young women. Two of them were found in a motor lodge in New York County, beheaded, their hands severed and their bodies badly beaten. Subsequently, the badly beaten and…