State v. Cason

By a certificate pursuant to Rule 4.6, F.A. R., 31 F.S.A., the trial court in this cause presents the question of whether the constitutional privilege against self-incrimination is violated by a court order requiring a defendant charged with first degree murder to answer questions by a psychiatrist appointed pursuant to the requirement of F.S. Sec. 909.17, F.S.A. on penalty that defendant’s psychiatric testimony based on interview would be excluded at trial “unless and until the same cooperation is given to the psychiatrist appointed by this Court.”

It is apparent from a consideration of the…