BILDER, J.S.C.
These are motions by a criminal defendant for orders conferring use immunity upon defense witnesses who have invoked privileges against self-incrimination. It has never been considered, or even referred to, in this jurisdiction. It finds its genesis in a well-reasoned Third Circuit Court of Appeals opinion in which Judge Garth enunciated the theory that in an appropriate circumstance constitutional due process might require the grant of immunity to...
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