Brief filed: 09/19/2012
Documents
Brooks v. United States
United States Supreme Court; Case No. 12-218
Prior Decision
Decision below 681 F.3d 678 (5th Cir. 2012).
Question Presented
Under what circumstances may a trial court grant, or compel the prosecution to grant, use immunity to a witness who has essential exculpatory evidence unavailable from other sources but who invokes his Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination?
Argument(s)
Author(s)
John D. Cline, San Francisco, CA.