Legal Opinion
State v. Gonzalez
Alaska Supreme Court
Decided June 4, 1993No. S-5003PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MATTHEWS, Justice.
Article I, section 9 of the Alaska Constitution states that “[n]o person shall be compelled in any criminal proceeding to be a witness against himself.” This section does not prohibit compelling a person to testify in a criminal case against another person, even though the testimony may show that the witness was guilty of a crime. Surina v. Buckalew, 629 P.2d 969 (Alaska 1981); State v. Serdahely, 635 P.2d 1182 (Alaska 1981) (per curiam). However, a witness who is compelled to testify must be granted some type of immunity from prosecution.
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2Cases cited21 opinions
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- United States v. ApfelbaumSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- United States v. Oliver L. NorthCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1990
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3Cited by22 opinions
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