Bazarte v. State

FUSSELL, CARROLL, Associate Judge.

Peter Bazarte appeals from a conviction of perjury alleged to have been committed when he testified falsely as a witness in a preliminary hearing against Robert and Kenneth Plemmerle being held by the Judge of the Criminal Court of Record of Broward County. One of the points argued most strenuously by the appellant as a ground for reversal is that there was no judicial proceeding, since the Judge of the Criminal Court of Record had no authority to conduct this particular preliminary hearing. Appellant maintains that the County Solicitor stipulated in the…