Commonwealth v. Austin A.

A judge in the Superior Court granted immunity pursuant to G. L. c. 233, § 20E,1 to a witness, whom we shall *666call Simon S., in criminal proceedings in that court. The Commonwealth filed a motion in limine in the Juvenile Court asking the court to “honor” the immunity order to prevent Simon from asserting his privilege against self-incrimination and compel him to testify regarding the same subjects in separate Juvenile Court proceedings involving the juvenile here. The motion was denied. The Commonwealth was granted leave to prosecute an interlocutory appeal, and a single justice of this court…