In re Desaulnier

By the court.

On November 29, 1971, the Supreme Judicial Court (this court) made certain findings and rulings of law regarding the refusal of the witness I. Charles Baker to answer questions put to him by special counsel, and denied Baker’s attempt to assert a general claim of privilege in advance of being questioned. Special counsel then asked Baker a series of thirty-five questions (attached hereto as Exhibit A), each of which he declined to answer, “relying on the Fourth and Fifth Amendments to the Constitution of the United States.” After each refusal to answer, the court ordered Baker to…