Legal Opinion
People v. Lucero
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided September 18, 1978No. 27576PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hodges
Appellant Lucero appeals a judgment ordering his summary incarceration for contempt of court. Despite receiving a grant of transactional immunity, Lucero refused on Fifth Amendment grounds to obey the district court’s orders to testify before a grand jury. The court thereupon ordered him incarcerated for contempt of court. We affirm the district court’s judgment.
In 1977, a statutory grand jury was convened in El Paso County for the January term to investigate the unlawful traffic in narcotics. The grand jury summoned Lucero as a witness on January 18, 1977. He gave his name and address, but…
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