BURWICK v. STATE

No. 71-478.

254 So.2d 36 (1971)

Catherine A. BURWICK, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

November 2, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Phillip A. Hubbart, Public Defender, and Alan S. Becker, Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., and Joel D. Rosenblatt, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

Before PEARSON, HENDRY and BARKDULL, JJ.


PEARSON, Judge.

Appellant was tried before a jury and found guilty of arson in the second degree.1 She was adjudicated guilty and sentenced to ten years in the state penitentiary. The information charged and the appellant confessed that she did unlawfully set fire to a school building in Dade County, Florida.

On this appeal the only substantial question presented is whether the court erred in admitting the oral confession into...

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