O'Neil v. Kasler
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the CourtGoldman, J.
Petitioner, James Jack O’Neil, brings this article 78 proceeding, under authority of section 752 of the Judiciary Law to review a mandate of Supreme Court, Erie County, which summarily punished him for criminal contempt. The mandate recites that petitioner, having been sworn as a witness at a criminal trial, refused to answer questions put to him by the prosecutor even though the court had advised him that he had full transactional immunity. The mandate provided that petitioner was to be committed to jail for 30 days unless he should earlier agree to answer the questions.
Petitioner’s…
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