Thomas Noon v. Mayor John Smedley

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How courts have described this case

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• holding that “even where a witness testifies from personal knowledge, use within the meaning of Kastigar may occur . . . if the immunized testimony influenced the witness’ decision to testify”
• suggesting that if witness had set down his story before exposure, burden of going forward to challenge that version would shift to the defendant
• defendant’s Fifth Amendment privilege is “violated whenever the prosecution puts on a witness whose testimony is shaped, directly or indirectly, by compelled testimony”

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