Does immunity granted by a federal court grant a witness immunity from prosecution for later use of their testimony?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Easley, 250 Cal.Rptr. 855, 46 Cal.3d 712 (Cal. 1988):
16 Immunity granted by a federal court acts as a complete bar to any later use of such testimony, in any court, except for a prosecution for perjury. (See, e.g., 18 U.S.C. 6002; Kastigar v. United States (1972) 406 U.S. 441, 92 S.Ct. 1653, 32 L.Ed.2d 212.)
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