WILLIAMS v. STATE

No. 4D03-1840.

877 So.2d 884 (2004)

Willie WILLIAMS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

July 14, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and Margaret Good-Earnest, Assistant Public Defender, and Cherish De La Cruz, Certified Legal Intern, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Joseph A. Tringali, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


KLEIN, J.

We reverse appellant's conviction of burglary and grand theft because the prosecutor improperly commented on his right to remain silent.

Appellant was charged with breaking into a home and taking jewelry and other items. When he was apprehended with the property, he explained to the officer that he had found it next to a cane field. This explanation was inconsistent with an earlier explanation in which appellant had stated that two men had given...

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