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State v. Linscott

Citations

  • 521 A.2d 701
  • 1987 Me. LEXIS 653

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  • witness who has convictions pending on appeal may claim self-incrimination privilege with regard to those convictions because of real possibility of new trial; contempt finding reversed
  • witness who previously testified at own criminal trial still entitled to invoke self-incrimination privilege at subsequent trial of alleged accomplice; noting this “nearly universal rule,” contempt finding reversed

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Judges: McKusick, Nichols, Roberts, Wathen, Glassman, Scolnik, Clifford

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