People v. Herbert Smith

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• privilege upheld where witness convicted but could still withdraw his plea or prosecute an appeal
• where witness could still have withdrawn his guilty plea or prosecuted an appeal, court held that privilege should not be deemed waived until the witness has been sentenced
• where witness could still have withdrawn his guilty plea or prosecuted an appeal, court held that privilege should not be deemed waived until the witness has been sentenced
• “Although there is authority for the proposition that the privilege against self-incrimination is lost at the moment a plea of guilty is entered, it is our opinion that the privilege should not be deemed waived until the witness had been sentenced”
• sentence not yet imposed after guilty plea

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