DEEHL v. KNOX

Nos. 81-592, 81-768.

414 So.2d 1089 (1982)

The Honorable Robert M. DEEHL, As County Judge of the Dade County Court, Appellant, v. George F. KNOX, Jr., Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied June 22, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen. and Anthony C. Musto, Asst. Atty. Gen., Janet Reno, State Atty. and Ira N. Loewy, Asst. State Atty., for appellant.

Sams, Gerstein & Ward, P.A., Carhart & McGuirk, P.A., Daniels & Hicks and Sam Daniels, Miami, for appellee.

Before SCHWARTZ, BASKIN and DANIEL S. PEARSON, JJ.


SCHWARTZ, Judge.

The appellant is a judge of the Dade County Court against whom a writ of prohibition was issued precluding the trial of the appellee on a misdemeanor information which alleged a violation of Section 918.14(1)(b), Florida Statutes (1979).1 This portion of the so-called witness tampering statute forbids knowingly inducing or attempting to induce a witness in a pending proceeding from "[w]ithhold[ing] any testimony, information...

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