If a prosecutor asks a witness for immunity from prosecution in a sexual assault case, what facts would affect his credibility?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from People v. Anderson, A139800 (Cal. App. 2016):

charges, or if he was willing to make specious arguments to the court with a straight facethose facts would bear on his credibility. (See People v. Mackey (2015) 233 Cal.App.4th 32, 115 [offer of immunity to witness may affect credibility of witness].)

Finally, the prosecutor's questions did not elicit any inflammatory testimony that unduly prejudiced defendant (see People v. Hollie (2010) 180 Cal.App.4th 1262, 1276-1277), and those questions, which sought unprivileged, relevant evidence, did not constitute prosecutorial misconduct.

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