In re Attorney General for Grant of Immunity & Order to Testify to Garber

Opinion by

Judge Crumlish, Jr.,

This case, which is before us on original jurisdiction,1 calls for the resolution of a petition by the Attorney General in which he seeks an order granting immunity to a reluctant witness before the Pennsylvania Crime Commission. If allowed, he would be ordered to testify or suffer the legally prescribed consequences. Respondent has filed preliminary objections to this petition alleging that this Court is without jurisdiction because the matter is essentially a criminal proceeding.

Respondent had appeared as a witness and refused to testify before the Pennsylvania…