State v. Sinclair

WADE, Justice.

This appeal is by LaRae Peterson, a witness in the case of The State of Utah v. Jean Sinclair, from a holding that she was in contempt of court for refusal to answer a question propounded to her by the district attorney in that case.

The record discloses that she was asked the following question: “Well, I’ll put it this way then. Have you had any homosexual acts with Jean or she with you?” Upon the advice of her counsel she refused to answer this question, even though ordered to do so by the court, on the grounds that it would tend to incriminate and degrade her.

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