Legal Opinion
In Re: Prosecutor's Subpoena Regarding S.H. and S.C. S.H. v. State of Indiana
Indiana Supreme Court
Decided March 27, 2013No. 73S01-1209-CR-563PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
On Petition to Transfer from the Indiana Court of Appeals, No. 73A01-1109-CR-468
MASSA, Justice.
When a prosecutor has neither filed a charge nor initiated a grand jury proceeding, may she nevertheless petition a court to compel a party to testify under a grant of use immunity, when that party is the primary target of the investigation and has asserted the constitutional privilege against self-incrimination? We think not.
Facts and Procedural History
On September 27, 2010, S.C. gave birth to an infant alone in the Shelbyville apartment she shared with her boyfriend, S.H. Shortly thereafter, S.H.…
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