Donovan J.R. Blissett v. Eugene S. Lefevre, Superintendent, Clinton Correctional Facility

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• stating defendant must make showing that the testimony is material, exculpatory and not cumulative, as well as that he cannot obtain the evidence from another source
• emphasizing that courts should order immunity only in “extraordinary circumstances”
• finding sufficient remediation of improper remarks where “the trial judge responded promptly to the objections, twice instructing the jury to disregard the offending testimony”
• stating defendant must make showing that the testimony is material, exculpatory and not cumulative, as well as that he cannot obtain the evidence from another source
• stating \only when a prosecutor has abused the government's ability to grant immunity by using it in a discriminatory fashion for the purpose of gaining a tactical advantage does due process require a grant of immunity for a defense witness.\
• \[A] trial court should order the prosecutor to grant a defense witness immunity only in extraordinary circumstances.\

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