· 2/5/1980
Government of the Virgin Islands v. Glen Smith, Elton Rieara, Elvis Smith and Roland Georges
Citations
- 615 F.2d 964
- 17 V.I. 623
- 45 A.F.T.R.2d (RIA) 713
- 1980 U.S. App. LEXIS 20804
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- when a court finds prosecutorial overreaching with the deliberate intent to disrupt the fact finding process, it should order the government to grant statutory immunity to defense witnesses or face a judgment of acquittal
- sanctioning judicial immunity for defense witness
- distinguishing statutory and \judicial\ immunity
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Judges: Gibbons, Weis, Garth
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