348 So. 2d 420 - David v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1977
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cited by 1 later decisions
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states following
March 1979
most recently cited
1 state decisions
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Relies on Childers v. State · Ogilvie v. State
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“then the comment thus interpreted or construed violated the prohibition of the rule. What could be a clearer reference to the defendant's silence than the prosecutor's comment: `Why didn't he [referring to the defendant] say anything about ...' There is no need to resort to possible interpretations or constructions of the prosecutorial comment when there is such a direct reference to the defendant's silence.”
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