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The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XXXIV
ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AND TOBACCO

Chapter 568
INTOXICATING LIQUORS IN COUNTIES WHERE PROHIBITED

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F.S. 568.08

568.08 Person required to testify; exemption from prosecution.—No person shall, upon any investigation before a grand jury or state attorney for an alleged violation of any of the provisions of this chapter, or before any court upon the trial of any person, association of persons, or corporation, charged with the violation of any of the provisions of this chapter herein made a criminal offense, refuse to testify or give evidence, or produce any document, record, book, papers, or any other personal property of any kind or description, upon the ground that by so doing he or she may thereby convict himself or herself of crime, or give evidence against himself or herself, or expose himself or herself to criminal prosecution, penalty or forfeiture; and any person who shall so testify or give such evidence, or produce any such document, record, book, paper, or any other personal property of any kind or description, shall not be prosecuted or held liable for any penalty or forfeiture for or on account of any matter or thing concerning which he or she may so testify, or give evidence, or produce any such document, record, book, paper or any other personal property of any kind or description, and the same shall not be given in evidence or used against such person in anywise or in any manner in any prosecution or other proceeding in any of the courts of this state, or otherwise; provided, that nothing in this section contained shall protect any person against prosecution for perjury or false swearing.

History.—s. 8, ch. 18016, 1937; CGL 1940 Supp. 7648(17); s. 26, ch. 73-334; s. 882, ch. 97-103.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 568.08

Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 568.08.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 568.08

Total Results: 8

STATE OF FLORIDA vs EDUARDO ARTURO TORRES

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2022-11-04

Snippet: Knight, 154 So. 3d at 1159; Nunn, 121 So. 3d at 568. 8 The State contends that this exception applies

DARREN JOSEPH TINKER v. STATE OF FLORIDA

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2022-06-08

Snippet: Florida has addressed or interpreted section 817.568(8)(c), Florida Statutes (2018), the offense of criminal

In Re: Standard Jury Instructions in Criminal Cases-Report 2018-03.

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2018-09-27

Citation: 253 So. 3d 995

Snippet: INDIVIDUAL] [DISSOLVED BUSINESS ENTITY] § 817.568(8), Fla. Stat. To prove the crime of [Fraudulent

In Re STANDARD JURY INSTRUCTIONS IN CRIMINAL CASES—REPORT 2016-03

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2016-10-27

Citation: 202 So. 3d 830

Snippet: INDIVIDUAL] [DISSOLVED BUSINESS ENTITY] § 817.568(8), Fla. Stat. To prove the crime of [Fraudulent

In re Standard Jury Instructions in Criminal Cases

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2008-04-24

Citation: 980 So. 2d 1056, 33 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 258, 2008 Fla. LEXIS 741, 2008 WL 1819926

Snippet: identification information without consent) and 817.568(8) (fraudulent use or possession of personal identification

Standard Jury Inst. in Cr. Cases No. 2006-2

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2007-07-12

Citation: 962 So. 2d 310, 2007 WL 2002611

Snippet: individuals victimized. See §§ 817.568(2)(b) and (c); 817.568(8)(b) and (c), Fla. Stat. While the basis for the

Boulton Agency v. Phoenix Worldwide

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1997-07-23

Citation: 698 So. 2d 1248, 1997 WL 408314

Snippet: spent $781,963.49 repairing the vehicles, $328,568.08 of which was for damages to the surveillance equipment

Florida Bar v. Kelly

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1972-11-15

Citation: 269 So. 2d 362, 1972 Fla. LEXIS 3197

Snippet: authority whatsoever, endorse a check in the sum of $4,568.08 payable to Coogan-Robinson, and deposit the proceeds