Case Name: JOHNSON v. STATE OF FLORIDA
Court: Florida Circuit Court
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1991-03-25
Citations: 48 Fla. Supp. 2d 15
Docket Number: Case No. 90-2690-AC-A (Lower Court Case No. 90-4577-MM-A-41)
Parties: JOHNSON v STATE OF FLORIDA
Judges: 
Reporter: Florida Supplement Second
Volume: 48
Pages: 15–16

Head Matter:
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:
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.