SHOBNA, S.A., TAKAVO INVESTMENTS, INC., AND BRUNO PARRONI, APPELLANTS,

v.

LIDIA MAINA AND GIANCARLA MAINA PARRONI, APPELLEES

Citator

Cited By

• Delgado-Santos v. State, 471 So. 2d 74 (Fla. 3d DCA 1985)
  …f a witness statement made to the state attorney. See Slavens v. State, 1 Ark.App. 245, 614 S.W. 2d 529 (1981) (sworn statement to prosecuting attorney acting as equivalent to grand jury under Arkansas law is “proceeding”); see also. State v. Witte, 451 So. 2d 950 (Fla. 3d DCA 1984), pet. for review denied, 458 So. 2d 274 (FIa.1984) (same process is “official proceeding” under Florida perjury law); cf., Shramm v. State, 374 So. 2d 1043 (Fla. 3d DCA 1979) (police questioning not "official proceeding” under Flo…
• Jones v. State, 466 So. 2d 293 (Fla. 3d DCA 1985)
  …every stage of a State Attorney investigation is an official proceeding. The determination as to whether such a proceeding is “official” under the perjury statute requires an examination of the surrounding factual circumstances. See State v. Witte, 451 So. 2d 950 (Fla. 3d DCA 1984) (officiality of a particular proceeding depends on its purpose and the authority from which it derives; under this test, pre-filing conference was found to be an official proceeding); McCoy v. State, 338 So. 2d 52 (Fla. 4th DCA 19…
• Soller v. State, 666 So. 2d 992 (Fla. 5th DCA 1996)
  …and THOMPSON, JJ., concur. . Soller has not argued, below or on appeal, that the sworn testimony he gave to the assistant state attorney was not given in an "official proceeding.” This argument was rejected by the third district in State v. Witte, 451 So. 2d 950 (Fla. 3d DCA), rev. denied, 458 So. 2d 274 (Fla.1984). The third district held that a pre-filing conference by a prosecutor is specifically authorized by Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.140(g), which requires the prosecutor to certify, prior to…

Authorities Cited

• Uhrig v. Redding, 150 Fla. 480 (Fla. 1942)
• Swann v. Mitchell, 408 So. 2d 681 (Fla. 1st DCA 1982)