PEOPLE v. TRAMUNTI


29 N.Y.2d 28 (1971)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Carmine Tramunti, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided July 7, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arnold E. Wallach and Joseph Panzer for appellant.

Burton B. Roberts, District Attorney (Daniel J. Sullivan of counsel), for respondent.

Judges BERGAN, BREITEL, JASEN and GIBSON concur with Chief Judge FULD; Judges BURKE and SCILEPPI dissent and vote to affirm.


Chief Judge FULD.

The defendant Carmine Tramunti stands convicted of the crime of criminal contempt (Penal Law, § 215.50), based on his refusal to answer questions before a grand jury. The Appellate Division affirmed the resulting judgment, and the appeal calls upon us to determine whether he had been granted, and adequately advised that he had been granted, the constitutionally required transactional immunity...

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