STATE OF FLORIDA, PLAINTIFF,
v.
VIVIAN MCCORMICK, DEFENDANT

Fla. 4th DCA | 1978-05-09
No. 77-1034
DOWNEY, C. J., and CROSS and MOORE, JJ., concur.
358 So. 2d 250 Florida District Court of Appeal, Fourth District (1978) Positive Treatment
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Synopsis

The dissenting opinion argues that the admission of a defendant's post-arrest silence, coupled with an assertion of the right to counsel, was not properly preserved for appellate review and did not constitute fundamental error, thus the conviction should be affirmed.


Holding

The dissenting judge would affirm the conviction, holding that the alleged error regarding the admission of the defendant's post-arrest silence was not fundamental and was not properly preserved for appellate review.


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The case involves a defendant's conviction where the admissibility of evidence concerning his post-arrest silence and assertion of the right to counse…

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Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM.

PER CURIAM.

The trial court has certified the following question to us:

“Whether the use of the object in question must produce great bodily harm, permanent disability, or permanent disfigurement resulting from an assault and battery to sustain the burden of proof under Florida Statute 784.045(l)(b). If the State must show these elements and cannot, would it not be a simple assault and battery?”

Our answer to the above question would not be determinative of the cause and the question is not without controlling precedent in this State as required by Rule 4.6, Florida Appellate Rules. The certified question, therefore, must be denied. See Oglesby v. Powell, 318 So. 2d 406 (Fla.App. 1st 1975).

Certified question denied.

DOWNEY, C. J., and CROSS and MOORE, JJ., concur.


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