ARNOLD v. STATE

No. 71-153.

265 So.2d 64 (1972)

Kelvin ARNOLD, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied August 23, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marco Loffredo and Bernard B. Weksler, Miami, for appellant.

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., and William L. Rogers, Legal Intern, for appellee.

Before PEARSON and HENDRY, JJ., and LESTER, M. IGNATIUS, Associate Judge.


PER CURIAM.

Defendant appellant Kelvin Arnold seeks review of a judgment of conviction and sentence of life imprisonment entered pursuant to a jury finding of guilty of first degree murder as charged, but with a recommendation of mercy. We reverse and hold that it was reversible error for the circuit court to admit into evidence certain incriminating statements made by Arnold, then aged fifteen, to a police officer who questioned the defendant after defendant had...

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