Spears v. State

Josephine Linker Hart, Judge.

Appellant, Robert Spears, was convicted of one count of possession of a controlled substance, marijuana, with the intent to deliver, and he was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment. On appeal, in a brief with an argument section just over one page long, appellant appears to raise three issues: (1) whether the circuit court’s admission of testimony concerning appellant’s silence violated his Fifth Amendment privilege against compulsory self-incrimination; (2) whether this testimony was properly admitted as an adoptive admission made by appellant; and (3) whether…