Kastigar v. United States

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1972-06-26

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*442 Mr. Justice Powell delivered the opinion of the Court. This case presents the question whether the United States Government may compel testimony from an unwilling witness, who invokes the Fifth Amendment privilege against compulsory self-incrimination, by conferring on the witness immunity from use of the compelled testimony in subsequent criminal proceedings, as we…

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