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Boynton v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District
Feb 26, 1991
575 So. 2d 287 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1991)

Opinion

No. 90-1231.

February 26, 1991.

Appeal from the Circuit Court, Dade County, Ellen J. Morphonios, J.

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender and Valerie Jonas, Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen. and Richard L. Polin, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and BARKDULL and GERSTEN, JJ.


Rejecting Boynton's primary contention, we hold that the agreement of counsel that the defendant appear in a live lineup, of which he was presumptively aware, Dumas v. State, 439 So.2d 246, 249-52 (Fla. 3d DCA 1983), review denied, 462 So.2d 1105 (Fla. 1985), and by which he was bound, see State v. Jones, 561 So.2d 532 (Fla. 1990), rendered his subsequent refusal to participate, contrary to the agreement, admissible against him as reflecting a consciousness of guilt under the doctrine stated in Herring v. State, 501 So.2d 19 (Fla. 3d DCA 1987).

It is thus unnecessary to determine whether, on its own facts, Herring should be given continuing viability. But see South Dakota v. Neville, 459 U.S. 553, 103 S.Ct. 916, 74 L.Ed.2d 748 (1983); Occhicone v. State, 570 So.2d 902 (Fla. 1990) (Grimes, J., concurring).

The appellant's other point was not preserved below and does not present fundamental error. See Kelley v. State, 486 So.2d 578 (Fla. 1986), cert. denied, 479 U.S. 871, 107 S.Ct. 244, 93 L.Ed.2d 169 (1986).

Affirmed.


Summaries of

Boynton v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District
Feb 26, 1991
575 So. 2d 287 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1991)
Case details for

Boynton v. State

Case Details

Full title:RODNEY BOYNTON, APPELLANT, v. THE STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District

Date published: Feb 26, 1991

Citations

575 So. 2d 287 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1991)