United States Eleventh Circuit

Testimony given by a corrections officer in a civil trial was admissible against that officer in a later criminal procceding and was not protected by the Fifth Amendment, as defendant could not have formed an objectively reasonable belief that her testimony in the civil case was compelled or coerced by any state action.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/08/2002
• Published 04/08/2002

Judges

• MARCUS, Circuit Judge:, Before MARCUS, FAY and WINTER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eleventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Fabienne Elizabeth Leconte,John H. Pelzer, Ruden, McClosky, Smith, Schuster & Russell, Fort Lauderdale, FL, for Defendant-Appellant., Anne R. Schultz, Miami, FL, Jessica Dunsay Silver, Teresa Kwong, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, for Plaintiff-Appellee.