BARTLETT v. HAMWI

No. 93-2073.

626 So.2d 1040 (1993)

Emma Jo BARTLETT, Petitioner, v. Paul HAMWI, Paul Serio and State of Florida, Respondents.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

November 10, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven Wisotsky, Fort Lauderdale, for petitioner.

Jane D. Fishman, Sp. Asst. Public Defender, Plantation, for respondent Paul Serio.

Michael J. Satz, State Atty., and Ralph J. Ray, Jr., Asst. State Atty., Fort Lauderdale, for respondent State of FL.


PARIENTE, Judge.

The issue before this court, presented by petition for writ of certiorari, is whether a prosecution witness in a criminal case may be ordered to submit her body for extraction of hair samples for testing requested by the defendant as part of his defense. We find that the witness would suffer irreparable harm by operation of the trial court's order and conclude that the circumstances presented do not justify a court order authorizing the taking of...

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