FOUNTAINE v. STATE

No. 83-1929.

460 So.2d 553 (1984)

Eugene FOUNTAINE, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

December 14, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerry Hill, Public Defender, and Paul C. Helm, Asst. Public Defender, Bartow, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and William I. Munsey, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee.


SCHEB, Judge.

Defendant, Eugene Fountaine, was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life imprisonment with a mandatory minimum of twenty-five years. We find no merit to any of the three points he raises on appeal. However, we wish to discuss our reasoning for rejecting his contention that the court erred in refusing to grant immunity to a witness subpoenaed by the defense.

We begin by examining the context in which defendant's contention arose...

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