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PEOPLE v. CHESTNUT

26 N.Y.2d 481 (1970)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Otis Chestnut, Michael Brown, Jeremiah Gelles, Stephen Martinot, Ellen Shallit and Levy Laub, Appellants.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided June 4, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Basil R. Pollitt and Sanford Katz for appellants.

Frank S. Hogan, District Attorney (David Otis Fuller, Jr. and Michael R. Juviler of counsel), for respondent.

Judges BURKE, SCILEPPI, BERGAN, BREITEL, JASEN and GIBSON concur.

Chief Judge FULD.

The six defendants in this case were charged with criminal contempt (former Penal Law, § 600, subd. 6) for refusing to answer questions during an investigation by a New York County Grand Jury after they had been granted immunity. After unsuccessfully attempting to challenge the informations, in both the Federal and State courts, on the ground that the Grand Jury was unlawfully constituted...

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