State v. Hancock

Appellee was informed against in Leon County on a charge of embezzlement. This appeal was prosecuted under the Criminal Code, Chapter 19554, Acts of 1939, from an order of the circuit court quashing the information.

The question raised on the motion to quash and brought here for determination is whether or not appellee was immunized from prosecution for any crime under Section 8311, Compiled General Laws of 1927, by reason of the fact that he was required to give testimony in a proceeding before the State Attorney affecting the charge against him.

Section 8311, Compiled General Laws of 1927, in…