In re: Misc. 4281
Court of Special Appeals, Leahy, Dec. 2, 2016,
Fifth Amendment – A Grand Jury may subpoena a public agency’s internal investigative reports containing coerced self-incriminating statements of its employees, even where those statements may not be used at trial.
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GEORGE JOHNSON v. STATE OF MARYLAND
Court of Special Appeals, Leahy, June 28, 2016,
Co-Defendant Testimony – Where State had knowledge that co-defendant would plead fifth and did not compel co-defendant testimony, assertion of fifth amendment privilege in front of the jury was improper but nevertheless nonprejudicial where it was cut off quickly and significant amount of other evidence was presented.
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STATE OF MARYLAND v. BRIAN RICE
STATE OF MARYLAND v. EDWARD NERO
STATE OF MARYLAND v. GARRETT MILLER
ALICIA WHITE & CAESAR GOODSON v. STATE OF MARYLAND
Court of Appeals, Barbera, May 20, 2016,
Self-Incrimination – Immunity – 5th Amendment – Compelled testimony under grant of use and derivative use immunity does not violate the 5th Amendment privilege against self-incrimination