Legal Opinion
People ex rel. Valenti v. McCloskey
New York Court of Appeals
Decided July 8, 1959PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtFroessel, J.
The real question presented on this appeal is whether a witness before the State Commission of Investigation, who answers questions enumerated in a warrant of commitment procured by the commission, may be incarcerated indefinitely until he consents to give a character of testimony which in the opinion of the commission and the courts is not perjured.
Relators, along with others, were subpoenaed to testify before the Commission of Investigation of the State of New York at public hearings, which commenced during August of 1958, concerning the so-called Apalachin ‘ ‘ meeting ’ ’ held at the home…
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