Court Opinion

ID: 9517885
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-07 00:36:02.677472+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T12:16:13.152443
License: Public Domain

MR. JUSTICE GOLDENHERSH, dissenting: I dissent. To order this witness, who was obviously the subject of investigation and very likely to be indicted, to give the handwriting exemplars, is for the reasons stated in the dissenting opinions of Mr. Justice Douglas and Mr. Justice Marshall in Dionisio and Mara (see 410 U.S. at 23, 31, 35 L. Ed. 2d at 82, 87, 93 S. Ct. at 777, 781) a clear violation of his rights under the Federal constitution and a flagrant violation of the rights guaranteed under sections 6 and 10 of article I of the constitution of 1970, which in my opinion impose higher standards. The only redeeming aspect of the decision of the majority is that our permitting this type of abuse of the grand jury’s process will hopefully hasten the day when the General Assembly, in accordance with section 7 of article I of the constitution, will “abolish the grand jury or further limit its use.” I would dismiss the original action and deny the writ.