Welsh v. Commonwealth

In this case, we consider (1) whether the trial court applied correct legal principles in determining whether the prosecution by state officials was tainted through improper use of immunized testimony, and (2) whether the evidence supported the trial court’s finding that the prosecution had met its burden of proving there was no taint.

From some time in the 1970s until convicted of the offenses involved in this appeal, the defendant, Richard E. Welsh, served as an accountant overseeing the financial activities of the National Caucus of Labor Committees (NCLC), an organization founded by Lyndon…