Public-domain · open source
OpenJurist

496 So. 2d 215

496 So.2d 215

11 Fla.L.Weekly 2227

Felder v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided October 21, 1986

District Court of Appeal of Florida · decided 1986-10-21

Cited by 4 later decisions — most recently August 2009

4 state decisions

Good law ✅— No negative treatment on recordhow we know

Decided 1986-10-21

View the full empirical analysis of this case →

BARFIELD, Judge.

¶1William Lester Felder appeals his convictions and sentences for armed robbery, use of a firearm during commission of a felony and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.

¶2The trial court erred in giving an instruction on flight, and the prosecutor’s question to defendant on his failure to disclose an alibi to the investigator during interrogation in derogation of his right to remain silent was improper. Because these matters improperly involved the defendant’s character and conduct, their effect was so pervasive that a new trial must be held on all charges.

¶3It is not necessary for us to address the remaining issue since the defendant can bring the question of severance to the trial court before the new trial.

¶4The case is REVERSED and REMANDED to the trial court for a new trial.

ERVIN and WIGGINTON, JJ., concur.
/496/so2d/215 · .json · Public domain