Legal Opinion
State v. Corbett
Court of Appeals of Alaska
Decided October 1, 2012No. A-11352PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MANNHEIMER, Judge.
This case involves a witness who has been summoned to testify at a eriminal trial, and who has been granted immunity pursuant to AS 12.50.101. Despite this grant of immunity, the witness continues to assert that he can lawfully refuse to testify because of the privilege against self-incrimination guaranteed by Article I, Section 9 of the Alaska Constitution, and the analogous privilege guaranteed by the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
The witness, Dupri Corbett, is the young son of the defendant, Bryan K. Corbett. The State has charged Bryan Corbett…
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