Legal Opinion
People v. Tomasello
New York Court of Appeals
Decided December 28, 1967PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Chief Judge Fuld.
The present appeal raises a question of considerable importance in the field of criminal law: Is a pros*146pective defendant or a target of an investigation who is called before a grand jury immune from indictment and prosecution for perjury if his testimony is found to be willfully false ?
In 1962, the Attorney-General, upon the request of the Superintendent of Public Works, undertook a State-wide investigation into crimes and irregularities committed on public works projects let by the Department of Public Works. Some time later, upon application of the Attorney-General, a grand…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Glickstein v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1911
- People v. GilletteAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1908
- People v. De FeoNew York Court of Appeals · 1955
- United States v. Harold ParkerCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1957
- United States v. Juan A. OrtaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1958
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3Cited by25 opinions
- Sheldon Barr v. Robert Abrams, Orestes J. Mihaly, Mark A. Tepper, Rebecca Mullane, William Bottiglieri, and Janey Renee O'COnnOrCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1987
- United States v. Carmine TramuntiCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1974
- Landau v. HynesNew York Court of Appeals · 1979
- State v. WilliamsSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1971
- State v. HansonWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1989
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