Commonwealth v. Fattizzo

Opinion by

Jacobs, J.,

The issue presented by this case is whether the immunity conferred on a federal grand jury witness under 18 TJ.S.C. §2514 1 protects him from further proceed ings under a state gambling prosecution in which, he had been indicted prior to his federal testimony, the witness having replied affirmatively in his federal testimony to a question as to whether he was self-employed in the numbers business at the time of his state arrest. We agree with the lower court that the statute protects him from further proceedings in the state prosecution.

On January 29, 1970, the defendant,…