What is the test to compel use immunity for a defense witness?
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The following excerpt is from United States v. McCarns, No. 2:08-cr-0116 KJM (E.D. Cal. 2016):
Due process requires a court to compel use immunity for a defense witness when the prosecution has refused to grant such immunity and defendant shows
Straub, 538 F.3d at 1156 (quoting Williams v. Woodford, 384 F.3d 567, 600 (9th Cir. 2002)) (emphasis in Straub).
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