Legal Opinion · Concurrence

Bauta v. State

Circuit Court for the Judicial Circuits of Florida

Decided February 1, 1988No. Case No. 86-147 AC (County Case No. LL-Z0305,6)Published

1ConcurrenceSteven D. Robinson, Judge

The statement made refusing to take the breath test, required by Florida Statute Sec. 322.261(l)(a) is not a response to interrogation and therefore admissible. South Dakota v. Neville, 459 U.S. 553, 74 L.Ed.2d 748, 103 S.Ct. 916 (1983); State v. Pagach, 442 So.2d 331 (Fla. 2d DCA 1983). The added comment about the defendant’s past arrest is not relevant to any issue in the case and should, therefore, have been excluded. Mosley v. State, 60 So. 2d 167 (Fla. 1952).

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. South Dakota v. NevilleSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  2. State v. PagachDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1983