A.J.C. ex rel. T.D.B. v. L.S.B.

SEE, Justice.

L.S.B., the defendant in a civil action pending in the Mobile Circuit Court, petitions this Court for a writ of mandamus directing the trial court to vacate its order that denied his motion for a protective order and directing the trial court to grant that motion. The issue presented by this petition is whether, in light of the Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination, the trial court abused its discretion in denying the motion for a protective order. We deny the writ.

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L.S.B. was indicted by a Mobile County Grand Jury for first-degree sexual abuse, a violation of §…