CopyCited 2 times | Published | Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal | 2004 WL 444503
...The defense witness in the case had been properly subpoenaed, and had appeared the first day. However, the witness left abruptly before being called, and before completion of the proceedings. "A witness summoned ... in a criminal case shall remain in attendance until excused by the court." § 914.03, Fla....
CopyCited 1 times | Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal | 2008 WL 3850869
...3d DCA 2004), in which the court found that a refusal to grant the defendant's request for a writ of attachment was error, but the case is distinguishable in that it was the defense that had subpoenaed the witness, not, as in this case, the state. Appellant also cites section 914.03, Florida Statutes (2007), which provides: A witness summoned by a grand jury or in a criminal case shall remain in attendance until excused by the court....
CopyPublished | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 1998 U.S. App. LEXIS 5717
or installments of compensation due.” 33 U.S.C. § 914(3) (1986). We conclude that the petitioners are not
CopyPublished | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1977 Fla. App. LEXIS 15718
defendant. The applicable statutes are as follows: Section
914.03, Florida Statutes (1975): A witness summoned
CopyPublished | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal | 1994 Fla. App. LEXIS 3728, 1994 WL 138131
...ing. (emphasis added). This statute was amended in 1982 to delete the transactional immunity provision. See §
914.04, Fla.Stat. (1983). Appellant argues that the state attorney can never lawfully release a witness from a subpoena issued pursuant to section
914.03, Florida Statutes (1979)....
...proper for complete exercise or performance of the duty that is not in violation of law or public policy. Id. We conclude that a state attorney has authority to release a state witness from a grand jury or investigative subpoena issued by the state. Section 914.03 should not be read in a vacuum....
...We cannot disagree with the trial court’s conclusion that “[i]t would seem axiomatic that if the state attorney is vested with certain responsibilities ... then he or she must be vested with commensurate authority to accomplish same.” It is clear that the purpose of section 914.03 is to provide for the enforcement of subpoenas, not to restrict the investigative functions of the state....
