Legal Opinion
In Re Falone
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided October 3, 1975No. 369PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
ROBERTS, Justice.
On October 29, 1974, appellee William Falone was called to testify before the January, 1974, Special Investigating Grand Jury of Philadelphia, which was investigating official corruption in Philadelphia. See generally In re Investigation of the January, 1974, Philadelphia Grand Jury, 458 Pa. 586, 828 A.2d 485 (1974). He was questioned concerning bribes allegedly paid to certain members of the Philadelphia Police Department in consideration for nonenforcement of laws prohibiting gambling. Falone invoked his privilege against self-incrimination 1 and refused…
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3Cited by28 opinions
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