Legal Opinion

Rojas v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided April 13, 1982No. 81-2571PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

412 So.2d 71 (1982)

Rafael ROJAS, Appellant,

v.

The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. 81-2571.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

April 13, 1982.

Paul Morris and Stephen H. Rosen, Miami, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen. and Diane Zimmer Leeds, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

Before HENDRY, DANIEL S. PEARSON and FERGUSON, JJ.

2Per curiam

Adhering to this state's unequivocal rules that any reference before the jury to the defendant's declination to answer police questioning after being given Miranda warnings is constitutionally impermissible, see, e.g., Bennett v. State, 316 So.2d 41 (Fla. 1975);…

3Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Clark v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1978
  2. Bennett v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1975
  3. Shannon v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1976
  4. Willinsky v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1978
  5. Barnes v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1979

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4Cited by4 opinions

  1. Molina v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1983
  2. Burns v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1985
  3. Rodriguez v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1982
  4. White v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1983

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