APPLICATION OF THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK FOR AN ORDER REQUIRING ONE JOSEPH C. O'NEILL TO ATTEND AND TESTIFY BEFORE THE GRAND JURY OF THE COUNTY OF NEW YORK, STATE OF NEW YORK

Fla. | 1959-06-10
TERRELL, C. J., and THOMAS, HOB-SON, THORNAL and O’CONNELL, JJ., concur.
112 So. 2d 837 Florida Supreme Court (1959) Positive Treatment
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Synopsis

This case involves the People of the State of New York seeking to compel Joseph C. O'Neill to testify before a grand jury. After an initial affirmation by the Florida Supreme Court, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed and remanded, leading to the Florida Supreme Court's reconsideration.


Holding

The Florida Supreme Court, upon reconsideration and in light of the U.S. Supreme Court's mandate, remanded the case to the lower court for further proceedings consistent with state law and the U.S. Supreme Court's opinion.


Key Quotes

“Upon reconsideration, therefore, the cause is remanded to the Circuit Court of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit for further proceedings consistent with the law of the State of Florida and the mandate and opinion of the Supreme Court of the United States”

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The People of the State of New York sought an order to compel Joseph C. O'Neill to testify before a grand jury. The Florida Supreme Court initially af…

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Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM.

PER CURIAM.

The judgment of this court was entered 22 January 1958, 100 So.2d 149, affirming the decree of the Circuit Court of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit, 9 Fla.Supp. 153, in the above styled cause. On petition for writ of certiorari the judgment was reversed and the cause remanded by the Supreme Court of the United States in an opinion filed March 2, 1959.

Upon reconsideration, therefore, the cause is remanded to the Circuit Court of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit for further proceedings consistent with the law of the State of Florida and the mandate and opinion of the Supreme Court of the United States, and it is

Ordered that the People of the State of New York shall have and recover their costs of $395.57 taxed by the Supreme Court of the United States, as well as their costs expended in this court in the appeal of this cause, and that judgment for those amounts be entered in the Circuit Court of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit against Joseph C. O’Neill and that execution issue therefor.

TERRELL, C. J., and THOMAS, HOB-SON, THORNAL and O’CONNELL, JJ., concur.


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  • In re O'Neill (No. 2), 17 Fla. Supp. 199 (Dade Cty. Cir. Ct. 1960)
    …the earlier decision (In re O’Neill, 9 Fla. Supp. 153) of this court. Upon the mandate of the Supreme Court of the United States, the Supreme Court of Florida entered its order (See: Application of People of the State of New York v. O’Neill (Fla.), 112 So. 2d 837) as follows— “Upon reconsideration, therefore, the cause is remanded to the Circuit Court of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit for further proceedings consistent with the law of the State of Florida and the mandate and opinion of the Supreme Court of th…
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