Legal Opinion
State v. Wellington Precious Metals, Inc.
Supreme Court of Florida
Decided July 16, 1987No. 68950PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SHAW, Justice.
We review State v. Wellington Precious Metals, Inc., 487 So.2d 326 (Fla. 3d DCA 1986), wherein the court construed the United States Constitution and held that a sole owner-corporate custodian of records may not be compelled to produce corporate records pursuant to a subpoena duces te-cum if the act of producing will be communicative and incriminatory, in the absence of a grant of use immunity. We have jurisdiction pursuant to article V, section 3(b)(3), Florida Constitution. We quash the decision below for the reasons which follow.
The state attorney for the Eleventh Judicial…
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