ALVAREZ v. STATE

No. 87-596.

535 So.2d 341 (1988)

Quinidio ALVAREZ, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

December 16, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Kevin Briggs, Asst. Public Defender, Bartow, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Gary O. Welch, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee.


FRANK, Acting Chief Judge.

The defendant, who had been convicted of both possession of and trafficking in cocaine, has raised two issues for our consideration.

First, Alvarez contends that certain trial testimony of a detective at trial was an impermissible comment on the defendant's right to remain silent: "I read him his rights and asked him if he understood his rights and he said that he did, but he wished to remain silent." The impermissible comment, however...

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