Court Opinion

ID: 9776845
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-29 19:46:23.47312+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:32:43.268928
License: Public Domain

MILLER, J.,
concurs with note:
I see little difference, in the impact on a jury of a witness invoking the Fifth Amendment, between whether that witness has a valid or (unknown to the jury) invalid Fifth Amendment claim. However, because of a lack of issues raised here, such as the importance to the State’s case of the witness’s testimony, lack of request of a jury instruction or limiting instruction to the jury by the defense, or intelligent contrast of current federal cases (see Lindsey v. United States, 484 U.S. 934, 108 S.Ct. 310, 98 L.Ed.2d 268 (1987) (White, J., dissenting to denial of certiorari)), I concur in the result.