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Morris v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District
Mar 17, 1966
184 So. 2d 199 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1966)

Opinion

No. 65.

March 17, 1966.

Appeal from the Criminal Court of Record for Palm Beach County, Russell H. McIntosh, J.

Clyde T. Windham, Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Earl Faircloth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and James T. Carlisle, Asst. Atty. Gen., Vero Beach, for appellee.


The appellant was convicted of the crime of armed robbery. All of his points on appeal have been determined in Florida, except one, adversely to him. Moffett v. State, Fla.App. 1965, 179 So.2d 408; Williams v. State, 1940, 143 Fla. 826, 197 So. 562; Range v. State, Fla.App. 1963, 156 So.2d 534.

Appellant contends that his constitutional guarantee against self-incrimination was violated when he was required, in a police station line-up, to wear the red plaid jacket identified by the witnesses as the jacket worn by him while committing the crime. While we find no Florida decision on this specific point, the overwhelming majority of other jurisdictions hold that such action does not constitute a violation of his constitutional guarantee against self-incrimination. See Holt v. United States, 1910, 218 U.S. 245, 31 S.Ct. 2, 54 L.Ed. 1021; Crenshaw v. State, 1932, 225 Ala. 346, 142 So. 669; People v. Lopez, 1963, 60 Cal.2d 223, 32 Cal.Rptr. 424, 384 P.2d 16; People v. Pecho, 1936, 362 Ill. 568, 200 N.E. 860; Ross v. State, 1932, 204 Ind. 281, 182 N.E. 865; Barrett v. State, 1950, 190 Tenn. 366, 229 S.W.2d 516, 18 A.L.R.2d 789; Richardson v. State, 1934, 168 Miss. 788, 151 So. 910; White v. State, 1901, Tex.Cr.App., 62 S.W. 749; and Annot. 18 A.L.R.2d 796 (1951).

Affirmed.

WALDEN, J., and KANNER (Ret.), Associate Judge, concur.


Summaries of

Morris v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District
Mar 17, 1966
184 So. 2d 199 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1966)
Case details for

Morris v. State

Case Details

Full title:BURNICE E. MORRIS, APPELLANT, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District

Date published: Mar 17, 1966

Citations

184 So. 2d 199 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1966)

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