CARTER v. STATE

No. 75-550.

335 So.2d 875 (1976)

Tommy Lee CARTER, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

August 6, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Paul M. Herman, Asst. Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and C. Marie Bernard, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Robert L. Bogen, Legal Intern, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


DOWNEY, Judge.

Once again we feel compelled to reverse a judgment and sentence of conviction because the prosecution transgressed appellant's rights at trial by adducing testimony at trial that appellant invoked his Fifth Amendment privileges after being arrested and refused to talk to the police.

After being arrested at the scene the police advised appellant of his constitutional rights. He was then asked what he was doing hiding on a canal bank in close...

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