Commonwealth v. Raczkowski

On October 22, 1984, Arthur Raczkowski was called to testify before a Plymouth County grand jury which was conducting an investigation into the theft of cocaine from the Brockton police station earlier that year. After identifying himself and answering other preliminary questions, Raczkowski refused to answer further questions, asserting the privilege against self-incrimination afforded by the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution and by art. 12 of the Declaration of Rights of the Massachusetts Constitution. The Plymouth district attorney then applied for witness im*992munity for…