Court Opinion

ID: 9806082
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-31 18:38:38.908268+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T10:55:56.242714
License: Public Domain

KLINGENSMITH, J.,
dissenting.
In my opinion, this court should follow the United States Supreme Court’s decision in Salinas v. Texas, — U.S. -, 133 S.Ct. 2174, 186 L.Ed.2d 376 (2013). While I agree with my colleagues that Hoggins suggests that evidence of appellant’s pre-arrest silence was inadmissible where she did not testify at trial, Hoggins was nonetheless decided before the recent Salinas decision. Therefore, I believe the Supreme Court’s ruling in Salinas should serve as controlling precedent here, and for that reason I respectfully dissent.