Legal Opinion
In Re Cardassi
District Court, D. Connecticut
Decided December 1, 1972No. Civ. A. 15346PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OF DECISION
NEWMAN, District Judge.
This is an application by the Government for an order to compel a grand jury witness to answer questions after the witness has been accorded use immunity pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 6003. The issue is whether and in what circumstances a witness given use immunity by a federal court may invoke the self-inerimination privilege of the Fifth Amendment as a safeguard against foreign prosecution.
The witness appeared pursuant to subpoena before a session of the federal grand jury for the District of Connecticut at New Haven on September 25, 1972. She was…
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3Cited by38 opinions
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