Florida District Courts of Appeal, 2011

Lang v. Bush

Lang v. Bush
Florida District Courts of Appeal · Decided January 21, 2011 · Evander, Orfinger, Torpy
51 So. 3d 1254; 2011 Fla. App. LEXIS 234; 2011 WL 180376 (Southern Reporter, Third Series)

Lang v. Bush

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

We deny the Petition for Certiorari. We conclude that the trial court applied the correct legal standard. See O’Neal v. Sun Bank, N.A., 754 So.2d 170, 172 (Fla. 5th DCA 2000) (Fifth Amendment may be invoked when deponent has “reasonable grounds to believe that direct answers to deposition or interrogatory would furnish a *1255link in the chain of evidence needed to prove a crime against him.”). Here, Petitioners have no reasonable apprehension of criminal prosecution because the federal statute is not applicable and the statute of limitations has run on the applicable state crime.

PETITION DENIED.

ORFINGER, TORPY and EVANDER, JJ., concur.

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