CALIFORNIA EVIDENCE: CIVIL AND CRIMINAL
...Privileges
......Self-Incrimination Privilege
.........Application: Potential for Crim. Prosectn
............No Potential for Prosecution
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Witness whose only fear is of prosecution by foreign nation [for WWII wartime activities] cannot claim privilege against self incrimination.

Once D pleads guilty to crime, he may be forced to testify against co-D; prosecution no longer possible.

Witness granted transactional immunity in state proceeding can be forced to testify even if possible federal crime exposed since immunity would bar use of testimony in federal proceedings.