District Court of Appeal of Florida

A conviction for aggravated battery with a firearm causing great bodily harm and petit theft is reversed where it was error to admit, over objection, defendant's statement to the police including a statement, "I think I want an attorney before I answer any more questions," and the error was not harmless.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/03/2007
• Published 01/03/2007

Judges

• STONE, J.

Court

• District Court of Appeal of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and Elisabeth Porter, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Mark J. Hamel, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.