People v. Edgeston

How courts have described this case

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• finding of fifth amendment privilege was “not an abuse of trial court’s discretion”
• court found that witness could raise fifth amendment protection where question could jeopardize any collateral attack on his guilty plea
• court found that witness could raise fifth amendment protection where question could jeopardize any collateral attack on his guilty plea
• despite guilty plea, real danger of incrimination remained, allowing accomplice to assert privilege against self-incrimination in defendant’s trial because accomplice intended to collaterally challenge his guilty plea and renege on plea agreement
• counsel under no duty to make meritless arguments
• counsel under no duty to make meritless arguments

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).