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do you know... (none / 0) (#101)
by linea on Wed Mar 09, 2016 at 10:21:25 PM EST
can this be appealed to a federal district court? he is at risk of a DOJ charges. as i understand it he diesnt have full immunity.

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No, he can't. The federal courts (none / 0) (#109)
by Peter G on Thu Mar 10, 2016 at 09:33:43 AM EST
are not an appellate system that sits above the state courts. They are basically parallel. The only possible appeal from a decision of the Maryland Court of Appeals would be to the Supreme Court of the U.S., and even then there are technical aspects to the Supreme Court's jurisdiction that might prevent that sort of appeal at this time. As to the possibility of later federal charges, if the Maryland courts err in their Fifth Amendment ruling, then the use-and-fruits immunity that the witness automatically acquires from testifying under compulsion and after proper objection is equally applicable in any subsequent federal criminal case as it is in the Maryland case.

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oh... (none / 0) (#118)
by linea on Thu Mar 10, 2016 at 06:17:15 PM EST
thank you!!

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