Legal Opinion
United States v. Meyers
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided February 24, 1972No. Crim. A. 71-460, 71-750PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
HUYETT, District Judge.
This case presents the important question whether the Federal Government may prosecute an individual for crimes relating to a transaction which was the subject matter of his compelled testimony before a state grand jury under grant of full transactional immunity. Defendants Chenoweth, Schott, and Womack, indicted under 18 U.S.C. §§ 1341, 1342, 2, and 371, have moved to dismiss the indictments for two reasons. Initially they contend that their testimony before a state grand jury under grant of transactional immunity bars the Federal Government from pursuing the…
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