Defendant, an attorney-at-law, is charged in a one-count indictment with criminal contempt in the first degree, a class E felony under Penal Law § 215.51. This provision makes it unlawful to "contumaciously and unlawfully" refuse to be sworn as a witness, before a Grand Jury, or, when after having been sworn as a witness, refuse to answer any legal and proper interrogatory. The penalties...
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