Legal Opinion
People v. Rappaport
New York Court of Appeals
Decided June 7, 1979PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Wachtler, J.
The defendant has moved to dismiss an indictment charging him with criminal contempt in the first degree (Penal Law, § 215.51) for allegedly giving evasive answers while testifying before a Grand Jury under a grant of immunity. The Supreme Court, New York County, granted the motion but the Appellate Division, First Department, reversed and reinstated the indictment. The defendant appeals.
The question is whether a Grand Jury witness who has been granted immunity and warned concerning evasive contempt must later be readvised or "contemporaneously” warned by the…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Kastigar v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- People v. IannielloNew York Court of Appeals · 1968
- People v. TylerNew York Court of Appeals · 1978
- People v. IannielloNew York Court of Appeals · 1975
- People ex rel. Valenti v. McCloskeyNew York Court of Appeals · 1959
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3Cited by17 opinions
- People v. ChinNew York Court of Appeals · 1986
- People v. SobotkerNew York Court of Appeals · 1984
- Matt v. LaroccaNew York Court of Appeals · 1987
- People v. WilliamsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1981
- Carey v. KitsonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1983
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