MARTIN v. STATE

No. 1314.

208 So.2d 630 (1968)

Hyman MARTIN, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida. Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied April 24, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold Ungerleider, Miami Beach, for appellant.

Earl Faircloth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Charles W. Musgrove, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee.


WHITE, JOSEPH S., Associate Judge.

Appellant challenges an order of the circuit court adjudging him guilty of contempt of court and sentencing him to the county jail for six months because of his failure to answer questions asked him as a witness before the grand jury.

The first point argued in support of his challenge is that appellant could not be held in contempt until he had disobeyed a formal court order compelling the witness to testify.

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