SCHEB, Judge.
Defendant, Osvaldo Perez, appeals his conviction and sentence for manslaughter. He argues the trial court erred in allowing a witness to assert his fifth-amendment privilege against self-incrimination and to refuse to answer certain questions. We find his argument meritorious and reverse.
The state charged defendant with second-degree murder in the June 12, 1983, stabbing death of Juan Marchan at a tavern in Dade City. At his jury trial a number...
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