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People v. Thomas

Citations

  • 51 N.Y.2d 466
  • 415 N.E.2d 931
  • 434 N.Y.S.2d 941
  • 1980 N.Y. LEXIS 2742

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  • no right to jury charge that defense witness has invoked privilege against self-incrimination
  • “[T]he decision whether to permit defense counsel to call a particular witness solely ‘to put him to his claim of privilege against self incrimination in the presence of the jury’ rests within the sound discretion of the trial court.”
  • \[T]he decision whether to permit defense counsel to call a particular witness solely `to put him to his claim of privilege against self incrimination in the presence of the jury' rests within the sound discretion of the trial court.\

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Judges: Cooke, Fuchsberg, Gabrielli, Jasen, Jones, Meyer, Wachtler

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