Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1/17/1990

Commonwealth v. McGrogan

Citations

568 A.2d 924
523 Pa. 614
1990 Pa. LEXIS 5

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holding that the privilege against self-incrimination prevents an individual from providing evidence which may lead to his own prosecution and may be invoked by an individual who has a reasonable basis for believing his testimony will be incriminatory
a witness is unavailable for purposes of testifying where a witness’s concern with self-incrimination is legitimate
a witness is unavailable for purposes of testifying where a witness's concern with self-incrimination is legitimate
“Where other evidence tends to implicate [a potential] witness in criminal activity, the witness may have justification for invoking his Fifth Amendment privilege to prevent being harmed by his own words.”
“Where other evidence tends to implicate the witness in criminal activity, the witness may have justification for invoking his Fifth Amendment privilege to prevent being harmed by his own words.”
“Our holding is limited to the facts sub judice….”

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Judges: Nix, Larsen, Flaherty, McDermott

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