Case Name: STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Sandra NEWSOME, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1977-08-31
Citations: 349 So. 2d 771
Docket Number: No. 76-1341
Parties: STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Sandra NEWSOME, Appellee.
Judges: GRIMES and SCHEB, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 349
Pages: 771–774

Head Matter:
STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Sandra NEWSOME, Appellee.
No. 76-1341.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.
Aug. 31, 1977.
Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Mary Jo M. Gallay, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellant.
Robert M. Focht, New Port Richey, for appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The trial court granted Sandra New-some's motion to dismiss an information charging her with perjury by contradictory statements in violation of Section 837.021, Florida Statutes (1975). The state appeals. We reverse.
On October 10,1975, Ms. Newsome voluntarily appeared at the state attorney's office where she testified under oath before Assistant State Attorney Webb. She stated that on the previous day Daniel McKee- han had threatened her with a firearm and forced her to accompany him to various saloons. During the course of the investigation of these charges, another assistant state attorney interviewed a Ms. Kranczyn who stated that she had seen Ms. Newsome and McKeehan in one of the saloons on October 9, that she had not appeared distraught, and that she did not avail herself of opportunities to leave by herself. Appel-lee Newsome was subsequently subpoenaed to appear at the state attorney's office on October 21. On that date, without advising her of her constitutional rights, she was placed under oath and asked by Assistant State Attorney Webb if she could explain the inconsistency between her previous testimony and Ms. Kranczyn's statements. Ms. Newsome immediately replied, contrary to her previous testimony, that McKeehan had not pointed a gun at her on October 9. The state then filed an information charging appellee Newsome with perjury by contradictory statements. The information alleged that:
1. On the 10th day of October, 1975, the above-named defendant stated, "Daniel McKeehan threatened me with a firearm on October 9, 1975."
2. On the 21st day of October, 1975, the above-named defendant stated, while referring to the same incident, "Daniel McKeehan did not threaten me with a firearm on October 9, 1975."
Following a hearing on appellee New-some's motion to dismiss, the trial judge determined that when Newsome was subpoenaed to testify on October 21 she was not the focus of the investigation, and therefore no transactional immunity was conferred upon her. However, the trial judge further determined that Ms. New-some was granted use immunity. Though we agree that Ms. Newsome did not receive transactional immunity when she made her sworn statement on October 21, it is our opinion that she did not receive use immunity either.
In order for a witness' testimony to result in either transactional or use immunity under Section 914.04, Florida Statutes (1975), the witness must be compelled to testify. The fact that Ms. Newsome was subpoenaed to testify, standing alone, does not mean that her testimony was compelled. We so held in State ex rel. Foster v. Hall, 230 So.2d 722 (Fla.2d DCA 1970). See also Orosz v. State, 334 So.2d 26 (Flalst DCA 1976). Since she did not object to giving testimony, and the record does not reveal that she was coerced in any way, we conclude that her testimony was not compelled.
Further, since the trial judge concluded Ms. Newsome was not the target of any investigation when she testified on October 21, a conclusion amply supported by the record, the assistant state attorney was under no obligation to apprise her of her Miranda rights. See State ex rel. Foster v. Hall, supra.
Accordingly, the trial court's order dismissing the information against appellee Newsome is reversed, and this cause is remanded for further proceedings consistent herewith.
GRIMES and SCHEB, JJ., concur.
BOARDMAN, C. J., dissents with opinion.