District Court of Appeal of Florida

An order suppressing a confession in a prosecution for drug-related offenses is affirmed where the trial court correctly concluded under the totality of circumstances that defendant was in custody for purposes of Miranda when he was interrogated in or about a stopped vehicle, and a failure to administer Miranda required suppression of the confession.

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/11/2006
• Published 10/11/2006

Judges

• FARMER, J.

Court

• District Court of Appeal of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Mark J. Hamel, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Cory S. Robins of Law Office of Cory S. Robins, P.A., Hollywood, for appellee.