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Dutton v. District Court of Third Judicial District Ex Rel. County of Owyhee

Idaho Supreme Court

Decided February 13, 1974No. 11364PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

DONALDSON, Justice.

The issue before this Court is the constitutionality of I.C. § 19-1115, 1 pursuant to which a citizen may be granted immunity from prosecution and ordered to testify as to any knowledge he possesses concerning alleged crimes. Petitioner, Roy A. Dutton, seeks a writ of review, having been found in contempt of court for his failure to testify after being granted such immunity. For his contempt, he was fined $300.00 and sentenced to six months in jail. For reasons that will be discussed, the petition is quashed.

Petitioner, along with two other individuals, was charged in the…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Malloy v. HoganSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  2. Kastigar v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  3. Counselman v. HitchcockSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
  4. Bloom v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  5. Cooke v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1925

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3Cited by16 opinions

  1. Camp v. East Fork Ditch Co., Ltd.Idaho Supreme Court · 2002
  2. State v. SinitoOhio Supreme Court · 1975
  3. Commonwealth v. SwinehartSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1995
  4. Marks v. VehlowIdaho Supreme Court · 1983
  5. Lapp v. City of WorlandWyoming Supreme Court · 1980

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