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JOHNSON v STATE OF FLORIDA
    Case No. 90-2690-AC-A (Lower Court Case No. 90-4577-MM-A-41)
    Fifth Judicial Circuit, Marion County
    March 25, 1991
    APPEARANCES OF COUNSEL
    Charles R. Holloman, Esquire, for appellant.
    Robert. Hodges, Assistant State Attorney, for appellee.
    Before McNEAL, BOOTH, SINGELTARY, JJ.
   OPINION OF THE COURT

PER CURIAM.

At trial the defense attorney questioned the officer about what defendant said at the time of his arrest and why the officer had not included the statements in his report. The officer replied, “they weren’t confessing what they had done, so I did not write it down.” The defense attorney then made a Motion for Mistrial claiming the officer had improperly commented on defendant’s right to remain silent. Because the comment on defendant’s exercise of his Fifth Amendment privilege was invited by the defendant, he cannot seek reversal based on that comment. Clark v State, 363 So.2d 331, 335 (Fla. 1978).

AFFIRMED. McNEAL, R., BOOTH, J., SINGELTARY, G., concur.