STATE v. GONZALEZ

No. A-4063.

825 P.2d 920 (1992)

STATE of Alaska, Petitioner, v. The Honorable Rene GONZALEZ, Jeffrey S. DeGrasse, Carl Jahnke-Leland, and Jill Jahnke-Leland, Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Alaska.

February 14, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eric A. Johnson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Office of Sp. Prosecutions and Appeals, Anchorage, and Charles E. Cole, Atty. Gen., Juneau, for petitioner.

Margi Mock, Ray Brown, Asst. Public Defenders, and John B. Salemi, Public Defender, Anchorage, for respondent Jeffrey S. DeGrasse.

Michael A. Thompson, Juneau, for respondent Carl Jahnke-Leland.

Jeffrey F. Sauer, Juneau, for respondent Jill Jahnke-Leland.

Before BRYNER, C.J., COATS, J., and ANDREWS, Superior Court Judge.


OPINION

BRYNER, Chief Judge.

In this case, we review a superior court order deciding that Alaska's witness immunity statute violates the Alaska Constitution's privilege against self-incrimination. We affirm the superior court's order.

PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Jill Jahnke-Leland, Carl Jahnke-Leland, Peter H. Leland, and Jeffrey DeGrasse were jointly charged with first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder, and related offenses stemming...

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