Johnson v. State

BOWEN, Judge.

The appellant, Willie James Johnson, was convicted of the unlawful possession of crack cocaine and was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment. On this appeal from that conviction, the appellant argues that the trial court committed reversible error in allowing the prosecution to “badger” the appellant concerning his post-arrest, post-Miranda silence.

On cross-examination of one of the arresting officers, defense counsel elicited the fact that the appellant had been questioned at the police station. R. 34. The appellant’s defense was that he was physically and verbally accosted by…