Baker v. State

McMurray, Presiding Judge.

This case involves a citation for contempt in refusing to answer certain questions after being subpoenaed and duly sworn and called as a grand jury witness. The witness was the mother of the defendant named in an indictment for the murder of and in concealing the death of the witness’ husband. On advice of her attorney the witness answered only peremptory questions but then took “the fifth,” and refused to answer certain explicit questions about her dwelling house, and other events, several times saying, “I still take the fifth amendment on those questions,” and “I…