Legal Opinion
Pixley v. Commonwealth
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided May 19, 2009PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGants, J.
At his jury trial on narcotics charges in December, 2005, the defendant sought to call a witness in his defense, who informed the court, through counsel, that he intended to assert his privilege against compulsory self-incrimination under the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution and art. 12 of the Massachusetts Declaration of Rights. The trial judge held an in camera hearing pursuant to Commonwealth v. Martin, 423 Mass. 496 (1996) (Martin hearing), to determine whether the *828witness had a valid Fifth Amendment privilege, and found that he did. The witness thereupon refused to…
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