District Court of Appeal of Florida

Denial of defendant's motion to suppress is affirmed where the trial court did not err in finding that a tainted post-Miranda interrogation had been dissipated since either a break in custody or a lapse of time may be sufficient to obviate the effect of improper police interrogation.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/08/2005
• Published 12/08/2005

Judges

• Before CORTIÑAS and ROTHENBERG, JJ., and SCHWARTZ, Senior Judge.

Court

• District Court of Appeal of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Thomas Regnier, Assistant Public Defender, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General and Michele Samaroo, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.