Florida District Courts of Appeal, 1991

Boynton v. State

Florida District Courts of Appeal · Decided February 26, 1991 · Barkdull, Gersten, Schwartz

575 So. 2d 287; 1991 Fla. App. LEXIS 1449; 1991 WL 22553 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

Opinion of the Court

SCHWARTZ, Chief Judge.

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).1

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.

. It is thus unnecessary to determine whether, on its own facts, Herring should be given continuing viability. But see South Dakota v. Ne-ville, 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).

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