People v. McKenna
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Mercure, J.
This appeal presents á question that tests the limit of New York’s law of transactional immunity: whether a defendant’s testimony, which is not incriminatory and which, if it were to be presented at trial, would be presented in defense of the charge, can cloak defendant with immunity by virtue of the fortuity that defendant gave the details of the expected defense as testimony before a Grand Jury.
Defendants are police officers employed by the City of Albany. In the early morning hours of October 31, 1997 defendants were off duty and were patronizing the…
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