Legal Opinion
In Re Martorano
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided October 3, 1975No. 387PublishedCited by 139 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
ROBERTS, Justice.
Appellee Raymond Martorano was held in contempt of court for refusing to testify before an investigating grand jury after being granted immunity and ordered to testify pursuant to the Act of November 22, 1968, P.L. 1080, 19 P.S. § 640.1-.6 (Supp.1974). In this appeal we must decide the propriety of that adjudication.
On July 2, 1974, Martorano was served with a subpoena ordering him to testify on July 10 before the January, 1974, Special Investigating Grand Jury of Philadelphia, which was investigating official corruption in Philadelphia. See generally In…
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3Cited by139 opinions
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