Florida Statute 914.05 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XLVII
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE AND CORRECTIONS

Chapter 914
WITNESSES; CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS

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914.05 Compelled testimony tending to incriminate witness; immunity.—The testimony or evidence of a witness who has been ordered by a court of the United States to testify or produce evidence regarding treason, sabotage, espionage, or seditious conspiracy against the United States, after claiming her or his privilege against self-incrimination, shall not subsequently be used against the witness in a criminal prosecution in this state. A witness shall not be exempt from prosecution for perjury committed while giving testimony or producing evidence under compulsion as provided in this section.

History.—s. 1, ch. 29987, 1955; s. 98, ch. 70-339; s. 1523, ch. 97-102.

Note.—Former s. 932.291.

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State v. Fowler, 466 So. 2d 210 (Fla. 1985).

Cited 2 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 10 Fla. L. Weekly 104

...This Court is not empowered to pass judgment on the wisdom of unequivocal legislative enactments. We note, however, that the legislature has demonstrated its awareness of the legal dilemma facing prosecutors and has, in another context, provided a savings clause which resolves the problem. Section 914.05, Florida Statutes (1981), which immunizes for purposes of state prosecution compelled testimony in a United States Court, concerning treason, sabotage, espionage, or seditious conspiracy against the United States, contains the followin...

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