Legal Opinion

Brockway v. Monroe

New York Court of Appeals

Decided June 9, 1983PublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

Jones, J.

Where the court, the prosecutor, the defense attorney and counsel for the witness have chosen to depart from the normal question-by-question conferral of transactional immunity on a prosecution witness as contemplated by CPL 50.20 and 50.30, and have charted their own course, agreeing that the witness shall receive immunity for all testimony given by him subject only to rulings by the court on objections by the prosecutor, whether the witness received transactional immunity must be determined by reference to the procedure which the principals chose to follow. In…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Matter of DoyleNew York Court of Appeals · 1931
  2. People v. DunbarNew York Court of Appeals · 1981
  3. O'Neil v. KaslerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1976
  4. People v. McfarlanNew York Court of Appeals · 1977
  5. People v. PerriAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1980

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3Cited by17 opinions

  1. Rush v. MordueNew York Court of Appeals · 1986
  2. People v. ChinNew York Court of Appeals · 1986
  3. People v. LawrenceNew York Court of Appeals · 1984
  4. People v. MezonNew York Court of Appeals · 1992
  5. People v. PattersonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1993

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