Legal Opinion
Kastigar v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 26, 1972No. 70-117PublishedCited by 2,361 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Powell
This case presents the question whether the United States Government may compel testimony from an unwilling witness, who invokes the Fifth Amendment privilege against compulsory self-incrimination, by conferring on the witness immunity from use of the compelled testimony in subsequent criminal proceedings, as well as immunity from use of evidence derived from the testimony.
Petitioners were subpoenaed to appear before a United States grand jury in the Central District of California on February 4, 1971. The Government believed that petitioners were likely to assert their Fifth Amendment…
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