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· 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

How courts have described this case

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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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