COMMONWEALTH v. BRADY


470 Pa. 420 (1977)

368 A.2d 699

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellant, v. Warren BRADY. COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellant, v. Henry GEORGE.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided January 28, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Israel Packel, Atty. Gen., Harrisburg, Kenneth Biehn, Dist. Atty., Stephen B. Harris, Asst. Dist. Atty., Doylestown, B. Lerner, Philadelphia, for appellant.

No appearance for appellees.

Before JONES, C.J., and EAGEN, O'BRIEN, ROBERTS, POMEROY, NIX and MANDERINO, JJ.


OPINION

NIX, Judge.

The case presently at bar raises questions concerning the authority of a court, under the Act of November 22, 1968, P.L. 1080, 19 P.S. §§ 640.1 et seq. (Supp. 1975-76) (hereinafter referred to as Immunity Act), to grant immunity from prosecution to a witness appearing before an indicting grand jury. The Superior Court affirmed the order of the Bucks County Court of Common Pleas denying...

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