Legal Opinion
In Re Long
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided November 9, 2005No. A05A0860PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Barnes, Judge.
Talmadge Long refused to testify when called as a witness in a DeKalb County criminal case, despite purported grants of immunity, citing his constitutional right not to incriminate himself. The trial court found him in contempt, and Long appeals, contending that the immunity grant did not comply with OCGA § 24-9-28, and that the evidence presented was insufficient to find him in criminal contempt beyond a reasonable doubt. For the reasons that follow, we reverse the trial court’s order finding Long in criminal contempt.
Our state constitution provides that “[n]o person shall be…
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