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Murphy v. Commonwealth
No. 080852Supreme Court of Virginia
080852 Murphy v. Commonwealth 02/27/2009 Code § 18.2-262, which authorizes compelled testimony from certain witnesses and in return makes specific provision for immunity applicable to those witnesses, is fully…
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080852 Murphy v. Commonwealth 02/27/2009 Code § 18.2-262, which authorizes compelled testimony from certain witnesses and in retu…
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080852 Murphy v. Commonwealth 02/27/2009 Code § 18.2-262, which authorizes compelled testimony from certain witnesses and in return makes specific provision for immunity applicable to those witnesses, is fully coextensive with constitutional protections for a witness whose compelled testimony tends to incriminate him. The immunity protections of Code § 18.2-262 apply only to witnesses whose testimony has been compelled, and hence the judgment of the Court of Appeals upholding the conviction of a defendant in a prosecution for possession of marijuana with the intent to distribute, after he testified about the same transaction in a case against another defendant, is affirmed.
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