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REAVES v. STATE

No. 82-1493.

458 So.2d 53 (1984)

James REAVES, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied December 17, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and James H. Greason, Sp. Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and Richard E. Doran, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

Before HENDRY, BASKIN and DANIEL S. PEARSON, JJ.

DANIEL S. PEARSON, Judge.

We hold that the defendant's statements, suppressed for the sole reason that the police, in violation of Miranda v. Arizona and its progeny,1 failed to scrupulously honor the defendant's assertion of his right to remain silent, are admissible to impeach the defendant despite defense counsel's claim that in reliance on the trial court's inadvertent remark that the...

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