People v. Mulligan

Defendant appeals from a judgment convicting him, after a jury trial, of 12 counts of criminal contempt.

In October, 1970, Mulligan was called, as a witness, before a New York County Grand Jury which was then conducting a complex investigation into alleged violations of the gambling laws and bribery of police officers. He was advised that the Grand Jury was interested in him solely as a witness and that it had voted to grant him immunity. Nevertheless, he refused to answer any questions, asserting his constitutional privilege *166against self incrimination. Defendant was thereupon indicted for…