ALFORD v. CORNELIUS

No. 79-452.

380 So.2d 1183 (1980)

James E. ALFORD, Petitioner, v. Lon S. CORNELIUS, Jr., Circuit Judge of the Ninth Judicial Circuit, in and for Orange County, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

March 12, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Judith A. Ginn, Orlando, for petitioner.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Richard W. Prospect, Asst. Atty. Gen., Daytona Beach, for respondent.


SHARP, Judge.

The petitioner, James E. Alford, filed a petition for writ of prohibition to this court. He urges that he was compelled, over his Fifth Amendment objection, to testify in a criminal proceeding involving another person, and therefore he should have been given immunity from prosecution pursuant to Section 914.04, Florida Statutes (1979). The transcript of the proceeding was furnished to this court. After reviewing it, we disagree with the petitioner that...

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