Case Name: Michael WHITE, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1983-05-10
Citations: 430 So. 2d 977
Docket Number: No. 82-886
Parties: Michael WHITE, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: Before BARKDULL, HUBBART and JORGENSON, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 430
Pages: 977–978

Head Matter:
Michael WHITE, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 82-886.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
May 10, 1983.
Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Howard K. Blumberg, Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.
Jim.Smith, Atty. Gen., and Scott A. Silver and Richard Doran, Asst. Attys. Gen., for appellee.
Before BARKDULL, HUBBART and JORGENSON, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
We reverse the conviction and sentence of Michael White and remand for a new trial because it is apparent from the record that the defendant's assertion of his fifth amendment right, declining to answer police questions notwithstanding a gratuitous pre-arrest Miranda warning, was improperly placed before the jury. See Simpson v. State, 418 So.2d 984 (Fla.1982); Clark v. State, 363 So.2d 331 (Fla.1978); Turner v. State, 414 So.2d 1161 (Fla. 3d DCA 1982); Rojas v. State, 412 So.2d 71 (Fla. 3d DCA 1982).
Reversed and remanded.