Legal Opinion
United States v. Remi Pelletier and Robert Pelletier
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided March 6, 1990No. 555, 556, Dockets 89-1292, 89-1293PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GEORGE C. PRATT, Circuit Judge:
The principal issue on this appeal is whether the government may use testimony obtained under an informal grant of use immunity to obtain indictment and convictions on nonperjury counts, in violation of its express agreement to use the immunized testimony only in a prosecution for perjury. We hold that it may not and accordingly reverse and remand. The issue, we suspect, is of only marginal significance in the operation of our federal criminal justice system, because in most cases the government either obtains a formal immunity order pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §§…
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