State v. Armstead

Shulman, Judge.

This is an interlpcutory appeal from the trial court’s denial of the state’s motion to compel defendant to produce handwriting exemplars. We affirm.

1. In considering whether the state may compel an individual to produce handwriting exemplars, the following constitutional and statutory law is relevant. Art. I, Sec. I, Par. XIII of the Constitution of 1976 (Code Ann. § 2-113) states: "No person shall be compelled to give testimony tending in any manner to criminate himself.” Code Ann. § 38-416 provides: "No person, who shall be charged in any criminal proceeding with the…