The sole issue in this case is whether the district attorney had power, inherent in his office, to grant a witness in a criminal case transactional and use immunity in exchange for his testimony. We conclude, as did the Superior Court judge whose judgments are here appealed, that the district attorney had no such power.
The facts are as follows. The defendants are reporters for a newspaper, the Lowell...
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