Case Name: Jose Ramon REYES, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1985-01-29
Citations: 462 So. 2d 1198
Docket Number: No. 84-550
Parties: Jose Ramon REYES, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: Before BARKDULL, NESBITT and DANIEL S. PEARSON, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 462
Pages: 1198–1199

Head Matter:
Jose Ramon REYES, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 84-550.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Jan. 29, 1985.
Weiner, Robbins, Tunkey & Ross and Geoffrey C. Fleck, Miami, for appellant.
Jim Smith, Atty. Gen. and Jack B. Ludin, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.
Before BARKDULL, NESBITT and DANIEL S. PEARSON, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The judgment of conviction for trafficking in cocaine is affirmed upon holdings that there was no error in the instructions to the jury; the evidence was sufficient to warrant conviction; even if, arguendo, the point had been preserved by timely objection at trial, the police officer's testimony did not constitute a comment on the defendant's right to remain silent, see Antone v. State, 382 So.2d 1205 (Fla.1980); and Section 893.135, Florida Statutes, is not, as the defendant asserts, unconstitutional, see State v. Benitez, 395 So.2d 514 (Fla.1981); Stone v. State, 402 So.2d 1330 (Fla. 1st DCA 1981). The judgment of conviction for possession of cocaine is reversed upon the authority of Bell v. State, 437 So.2d 1057 (Fla.1983).
Affirmed in part; reversed in part.