Commonwealth v. Carrera

Opinion by

Mb. Justice Eagen,

The appellant Jane Doe, an unmarried female, was subpoenaed and called before a grand jury in Philadelphia County, and asked to testify in accordance with a voluntary statement she previously gave to the police to the effect that a certain physician and his nurse had performed an abortion upon her. She declined to answer on the grounds of self-incrimination and stated she was exercising this privilege under Art. 1, §9 of the Pennsylvania Constitution and the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution.

Subsequently, she was . brought before a…