State v. DeCola
Supreme Court of New Jersey
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Weintraub, C. J.
Charlotte Hansen appeals from convictions for criminal contempt arising out of' refusals to testify.
Mrs. Hansen appeared before a grand jury investigating a homicide. Three men were indicted for murder, in part upon her testimony. Later, a New York daily carried a story of her purported recantation. She was thereupon summoned by a subsequent grand jury before which how- ' ever she declined to answer the same questions she had answered before the first grand jury. The Superior Court ordered her to answer, and upon her continued refusal…
Also in this document: Concurrence.
2Cases cited38 opinions
- In Re OliverSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Counselman v. HitchcockSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
- Quinn v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
- Alexander v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1906
- In Re GrobanSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
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3Cited by54 opinions
- In Re Myron FarberSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1978
- In Re AddonizioSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1968
- Taylor v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
- Matter of Grand Jury SubpoenasNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1989
- In Re ZicarelliSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1970
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