Case Name: Cedric WITHERSPOON, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1992-06-02
Citations: 599 So. 2d 743
Docket Number: No. 91-712
Parties: Cedric WITHERSPOON, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: Before BASKIN, FERGUSON and JORGENSON, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 599
Pages: 743–743

Head Matter:
Cedric WITHERSPOON, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 91-712.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
June 2, 1992.
Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Howard K. Blumberg, Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and Mark S. Dunn, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appel-lee.
Before BASKIN, FERGUSON and JORGENSON, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Defendant appeals from judgments of conviction for first degree murder and attempted first degree murder. We agree that the trial court erred in permitting the State to call Mr. Cox as a witness knowing that he would invoke his Fifth Amendment privilege and refuse to testify. Hankerson v. State, 347 So.2d 744 (Fla. 4th DCA 1977). However, under the circumstances of this case, the error was harmless. Shere v. State, 579 So.2d 86 (Fla.1991); State v. DiGuilio, 491 So.2d 1129 (Fla.1986).
Affirmed.