PEOPLE v. WALKER

Docket No. 27483.

78 Mich. App. 402 (1977)

259 N.W.2d 887

PEOPLE v. WALKER.

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided September 20, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Robert A. Derengoski, Solicitor General, William L. Cahalan, Prosecuting Attorney, and David A. Hogg, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for the people.

Gage & Reizen (by Eugene Lumberg), for defendants.

Before: T.M. BURNS, P.J., and BRONSON and C.W. SIMON, JR., JJ.


BRONSON, J.

Defendants were subpoenaed in 1973 to appear before a Wayne County Citizens' Grand Jury and testify as to the solicitation of personal injury claims in connection with a particular law firm. Despite a grant of immunity, defendants refused to testify. They were then adjudged in contempt and sentenced to one year imprisonment. Defendants were later called again before the same grand jury and, after a refusal to testify, were convicted of contempt and sentenced...

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