PEOPLE v. WEISMAN


170 Misc.2d 568 (1996)

649 N.Y.S.2d 968

The People of the State of New York, Plaintiff, v. Steven Weisman, Defendant.

Supreme Court, New York County.

September 26, 1996


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen C. Cooper, New York City, for defendant. Robert M. Morgenthau, District Attorney of New York County, New York City (Alan Buonpastore of counsel), for plaintiff.


RENA K. UVILLER, J.

This motion to dismiss an indictment underscores the pitfalls of New York's excessively broad immunity law. It demonstrates how a Grand Jury witness who is engaged in illegal activity can be inadvertently insulated from prosecution by seemingly innocuous questions posed to him by a prosecutor who had no reason to suspect the witness' criminality. In this case, New York's statutory scheme...

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