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State v. Mesa

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  • 395 So. 2d 242

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  • prosecution not obliged to produce prosecution or defense witnesses for deposition or trial, and state cannot be held responsible for a witness's invocation of the fifth amendment privilege
  • dismissal improper where, assuming, arguendo, that defendants who asserted an entrapment defense made a sufficient showing to warrant deposing confidential informants, the informants' refusal to testify on self-incrimination grounds was not a discovery violation
  • defendant made no evidentiary showing (a) to support his asserted entrapment defense to the charged crime, or (b) to support the claim that the confidential informants were involved in or privy to any such entrapment

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Judges: Barkdull, Schwartz and Nesbitt

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