Case Name: Early WILLIAMS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1976-07-30
Citations: 335 So. 2d 854
Docket Number: No. 75-895
Parties: Early WILLIAMS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: MAGER, C. J., and WALDEN, J., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 335
Pages: 854–855

Head Matter:
Early WILLIAMS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 75-895.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
July 30, 1976.
Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Frank B. Kessler, Asst. Public Defender, and Paul M. Herman, Legal Intern, West Palm Beach, for appellant.
Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and William M. Grodnick, Asst. Atty. Gen., Miami, for appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
In light of the Supreme Court of Florida's recent decisions in Shannon v. State, 335 So.2d 5, opinion filed June 30, 1976 and Bennett v. State, 316 So.2d 41 (Fla. 1975), and this court's decision in Bostic v. State, 332 So.2d 349 (Fla. 4 DCA 1976), the testimony elicited during direct examination by the State reflecting the defendant's silence after his arrest and Miranda warnings constituted fundamental reversible error. Accordingly, the judgment and sentence of conviction are reversed and the cause remanded for a new trial.
REVERSE AND REMAND.
MAGER, C. J., and WALDEN, J., concur.
DOWNEY, J., concurs specially, with opinion.