Legal Opinion

Shannon v. State

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided June 30, 1976No. 47611PublishedCited by 53 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

335 So.2d 5 (1976)

John Edward SHANNON et al., Petitioners,

v.

STATE of Florida, Respondent.

No. 47611.

Supreme Court of Florida.

June 30, 1976.

Louis G. Carres, Asst. Public Defender, for petitioners.

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., and Jeanne Dawes Schwartz and Michael M. Corin, Asst. Attys. Gen., for respondent.

By the Court:

The First District Court of Appeal, in a 2-1 decision, has held that comments on petitioners' right to remain silent which were made during closing remarks to a jury by a legal intern prosecuting these cases for the state "bordered on error, but the trial court's instruction was…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Ball v. BallSupreme Court of Florida · 1976
  2. Bennett v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1975
  3. Shannon v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1975

3Cited by53 opinions

  1. State v. DiGuilioSupreme Court of Florida · 1986
  2. Clark v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1978
  3. Ball v. BallSupreme Court of Florida · 1976
  4. Brown v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1979
  5. Clark v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1976

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