WASHINGTON v. STATE

No. 78-2467/T4-294.

388 So.2d 1042 (1980)

Willie James WASHINGTON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

Rehearing Denied September 24, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Jon May, Asst. Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Gregory C. Smith, Asst. Atty. Gen., Daytona Beach, for appellee.


ORFINGER, Judge.

Appellant, charged with the crime of robbery with a firearm, was convicted after a jury trial. When he testified in his own defense that someone else had left the stolen articles in his car, a man he had met that evening, the prosecutor asked him:

Q: Did you tell the police officers that when they stopped you and told you about the robbery? A: No. I didn't say nothing.

Appellant's objection and motion for mistrial were...

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