Opinion ID: 1277356
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Heading: Defendant's Request for Use Immunity

Text: Defendant contends that the trial court erred in denying his motion that he be granted use immunity to enable him to testify in his own behalf regarding the murder of Shelah. He asserts that his inability to testify without relinquishing fundamental rights, such as the privilege against self-incrimination, reinforced the inference of guilt and hence, the jury's prejudice against him. Both the United States Supreme Court and this court have considered and rejected similar arguments. (See McGautha v. California (1971) 402 U.S. 183, 213-220, 91 S.Ct. 1454, 28 L.Ed.2d 711, vacated on other grounds in Crampton v. Ohio (1972) 408 U.S. 941, 92 S.Ct. 2873, 33 L.Ed.2d 765; People v. Bonin (1989) 47 Cal.3d 808, 852, 254 Cal. Rptr. 298, 765 P.2d 460.) Defendant fails to persuade us to reexamine the merits of these prior decisions.