COOPER v. STATE

Nos. AF-438, AF-445.

413 So.2d 1244 (1982)

Timothy Ted COOPER, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Rehearing Denied June 8, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis O. Frost, Jr., Public Defender, and Alan Chipperfield, Asst. Public Defender, Fourth Judicial Circuit, Jacksonville, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Harry M. Hipler, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jacksonville, for appellee.


PER CURIAM.

Appellant Cooper appeals two convictions for attempted first degree murder for which two consecutive forty-year sentences were imposed. Cooper raises multiple points on appeal. We reverse on the ground that cross-examination of Cooper on his silence at a previous trial violated his fundamental right not to be a witness against himself in violation of article I, section 9 of the Florida Constitution. Although...

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