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707 So. 2d 821·
Fla. 3d DCA·
1998-02-25
Collins was convicted of second-degree murder and grand theft following a robbery and fatal traffic accident. The appellate court reversed the murder conviction because Collins's acquittal on the underlying robbery charge precluded a felony murder conviction, but affirmed the gra
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995 F.2d 10·
2d Cir.·
1993-05-27
The court held that the defendant knowingly and voluntarily waived his right to counsel, rendering the third-party witness testimony admissible.
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950 F.2d 505·
8th Cir.·
1991-10-24
The court held that even if a search was illegal, evidence derived from it is admissible if sufficiently attenuated from the illegality, such as when the information merely facilitates a separate, independent investigation.
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833 F.2d 1380·
9th Cir.·
1987-12-11
The court held that the district court erred in suppressing the confession based on the judge's personal experience with anesthesia, and that the second confession was admissible as it was sufficiently attenuated from any prior unwarned statement.
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720 F.2d 978·
8th Cir.·
1983-11-10
The court held that the defendant's incriminating statements were admissible because they were voluntary and sufficiently attenuated from any potential illegal detention, and that the inventory search was valid.
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401 So. 2d 1361·
Fla. 3d DCA·
1981-07-14
The Florida appellate court reversed a trial court's vacation of Matera's 13-year-old robbery conviction under Rule 3.850. The trial court had granted relief based on alleged constitutional violations including phone taps, electronic surveillance, suggestive identification, and s
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398 So. 2d 831·
Fla. 5th DCA·
1980-12-24
Salazar was convicted of importing marijuana and conspiracy after confessing to police. He appealed, arguing his confession should have been suppressed because it resulted from an unlawful arrest and violated his Fourth and Fifth Amendment rights. The appellate court affirmed the
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382 So. 2d 128·
Fla. 5th DCA·
1980-04-02
A confession must be suppressed when an implied promise of immunity induced it, and an unrecorded verbal disclaimer that another jurisdiction would not honor such promises is insufficient to attentuate the taint where the accused's belief in the promise's scope was reasonable und
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336 So. 2d 132·
Fla. 1st DCA·
1976-07-19
A 14-year-old juvenile was taken to a sheriff's office for custodial interrogation based on suspicion of burglaries but without probable cause or formal arrest. The deputy obtained a confession after giving Miranda warnings. The court reversed the delinquency adjudication, holdin