Case Name: Early WILLIAMS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1976-12-03
Citations: 340 So. 2d 1191
Docket Number: No. 75-895
Parties: Early WILLIAMS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: MAGER, C. J., and DOWNEY, J., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 340
Pages: 1191–1192

Head Matter:
Early WILLIAMS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 75-895.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
Dec. 3, 1976.
Rehearing Denied Jan. 25, 1977.
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 H. 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 (Fla.1976); Bennett v. State, 316 So.2d 41 (Fla.1975), and this court's decisions in Martin v. State, 334 So.2d 841 (Fla. 4th DCA 1976), and Bostic v. State, 332 So.2d 349 (Fla. 4th 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.
REVERSED AND REMANDED.
MAGER, C. J., and DOWNEY, J., concur.
ALDERMAN, J., dissents, with opinion.