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Witness on murder case provided immunity notwithstanding admitting to perjury before a grand jury
Suffolk Superior Court. A Boston woman subpoenaed by the government to testify at a murder trial admitted to defense investigators to having lied before the grand jury investigating the case in the summer of 2002. Faced with a possible life sentence for the crime Attorney Neyman asserted the woman’s Fifth Amendment privilege. The trial judge initially denied the request and the matter was litigated in the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. Despite their order that the witness testify, Attorney Neyman convinced the trial judge to reconsider his ruling and allow her to assert the privilege. Reconsideration was allowed and the witness exercised her constitutional rights. As a result, the witness was granted immunity from prosecution in exchange for her testimony at trial.
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