District Court of Appeal of Florida

Denial of defendant's motion for postconviction relief involving a claim that a confession was not voluntary is affirmed where there was competent substantial evidence to support the trial court's findings that defense counsel-s strategy to not file a motion to suppress was reasonable, and that defendant was not credible.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/13/2006
• Published 12/13/2006

Judges

• WARNER, J.

Court

• District Court of Appeal of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Francis Jeantilus, Florida City, pro se.


• For Appellees:
  
• Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Don M. Rogers, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.