In what circumstances will the prosecution of a witness in a criminal case involving compelled testimony differ from the prosecution related to matters about which he testified?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Fuller v. Superior Court of Los Angeles County, 104 Cal.Rptr.2d 525, 87 Cal.App.4th 299 (Cal. App. 2001):
later prosecution related to matters about which he testified.' [Citation.] They are thus distinguished by the nature of the prohibitions which attach to the compelled
testimony." (People v. Campbell (1982) 137 Cal.App.3d 867, 872.)
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