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STATE v. SMITH

No. 67039.

491 So.2d 1140 (1986)

STATE of Florida, Petitioner, v. James L. SMITH, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

July 17, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and Joan Fowler Rossin, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for petitioner.

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender and Tatjana Ostapoff, Asst. Public Defender, Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, West Palm Beach, for respondent.

McDONALD, Chief Justice.

The following question has been certified as being of great public importance:

May the harmless error rule be applied in a case involving an impermissible comment on the defendant's right to remain silent?

Smith v. State, 467 So.2d 501, 501 (Fla. 4th DCA 1985). We have jurisdiction pursuant to article V, section 3(b)(4), Florida Constitution. In State v. DiGuilio, ...

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