Dias v. State

The defendant appeals his conviction for trafficking in methamphetamine. He raises several issues. We affirm on all, but write to address his argument that the trial court erred in permitting a deputy to testify concerning the defendant’s non-verbal response to a question posed by the deputy during the execution of the search warrant.

*1255On December 31, 2002, the Sheriffs Office executed a search warrant at a mobile home. The defendant, who only speaks Spanish, was found in a common area of the mobile home. A deputy, fluent in Spanish, read the defendant Miranda1 warnings in Spanish. He then…