Legal Opinion
Gold v. Menna
New York Court of Appeals
Decided December 4, 1969PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJasen, J.
The primary issue in this case is whether a witness gains an immunity from prosecution for murder—even though such crime is not one of the offenses specified in the statute for which immunity may be conferred—where the Grand Jury is carrying on an investigation related to conspiracy to commit murder and other crimes.
The Fourth Additional Kings County Grand Jury of May, 1968 was impaneled to conduct an investigation into a conspiracy to commit murder and other crimes in the County of Kings in connection with an effort by unnamed persons to succeed one Joseph Bonanno as head of an organized…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- Counselman v. HitchcockSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
- Gardner v. BroderickSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Matter of Spector v. AllenNew York Court of Appeals · 1939
- People v. BreslinNew York Court of Appeals · 1954
3Cited by22 opinions
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- In re Jaime T.New York Family Court · 1978
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