PITTS v. TURNER

No. 78-911.

362 So.2d 134 (1978)

Donald Lee PITTS, Appellant, v. Robert V. TURNER, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied October 4, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald Lee Pitts, pro se.

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, Robert L. Bogen, Asst. Atty. Gen. and Kenneth G. Spillias, Legal Intern, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


ANSTEAD, Judge.

By way of a petition for writ of habeas corpus the appellant, Donald Lee Pitts, is seeking delayed appellate review of the trial court's ruling on a motion for post-conviction relief.

Pitts filed a motion for post-conviction relief on May 31, 1977 alleging that during his trial in 1975 the prosecutor elicited an impermissible comment upon his Fifth Amendment right to remain silent. The comment as alleged is:

Q. This fellow didn't give...

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