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STATE v. SAWYER

No. 88-02307.

561 So.2d 278 (1990)

STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Tom Franklin SAWYER, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

January 5, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Carol M. Dittmar, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellant.

Sondra Goldenfarb and Joseph G. Donahey, Jr., Clearwater, for appellee.

RYDER, Acting Chief Judge.

The State of Florida challenges two trial court orders which granted appellee Tom Sawyer's motion to suppress his interrogation and granted his motion in limine to exclude hair evidence in a capital first degree murder case. The state obtained a confession from Sawyer after several cadres of city of Clearwater Police Department detectives had continuously interrogated Sawyer over a period of approximately sixteen hours regarding the murder...

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