Does the Court have to grant immunity to a witness who testified in a witness testimony that the testimony was inconsistent with the instructions?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from People v. O'Malley, 199 Cal.Rptr.3d 1, 365 P.3d 790, 62 Cal.4th 944 (Cal. 2016):

had been given immunity when it evaluated her testimony. (See People v. Clair (1992) 2 Cal.4th 629, 663, 7 Cal.Rptr.2d 564, 828 P.2d 705 ["reasonable likelihood" standard applies when evaluating ambiguous instructions].)

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