Federal Witness Immunity

GPTKB entity

Statements (21)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:law
gptkbp:appliesTo gptkb:United_States_federal_courts
gptkbp:approvedBy gptkb:judge
18 U.S.C. §§ 6001-6005
gptkbp:awardedBy federal prosecutors
gptkbp:canBe perjury
contempt of court
giving false statements
gptkbp:effect witness cannot refuse to testify
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Federal Witness Immunity
gptkbp:protectedBy self-incrimination
gptkbp:purpose compel testimony
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Fifth_Amendment
Kastigar v. United States
gptkbp:type transactional immunity
use and derivative use immunity
gptkbp:usedIn trials
criminal investigations
grand jury proceedings
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:FWI
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8