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POWELL v. ALLEN

52929.

140 Ga. App. 186 (1976)

230 S.E.2d 343

POWELL v. ALLEN.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided October 25, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

L. Paul Cobb, Jr., for appellant.

Richard Bell, District Attorney, George N. Guest, Assistant District Attorney, for appellee.

CLARK, Judge.

This is a contempt case. Appellant was called as a witness in a criminal trial in the DeKalb Superior Court. Asserting grounds of self-incrimination he declined to answer certain questions propounded by the district attorney. Thereupon, the district attorney requested the trial court to grant the witness immunity under the Witness Immunity Statute. Ga. L. 1975, pp. 727, 729 (Code Ann. § 38-1715). This request for immunity was granted and the trial...

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