Supreme Court of Florida

In defendant's prosecution for felony burglary and other crimes, trial court's denial of motion to suppress is affirmed where: 1) based on the totality of the circumstances, a reasonable person in defendant's position would have understood that he was free to remain silent or end the encounter had he chosen to do so; and 2) Miranda warnings do not result in a seizure as a matter of law as, although there is a possibility that Miranda warnings may increase the coercive atmosphere of a police-citizen encounter outside the context of a custodial interrogation, the warning did not result in a seizure in this case.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/08/2010
• Published 07/08/2010

Judges

• QUINCE

Court

• Supreme Court of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• J. Andrew Crawford, Bill McCollum