McLAUGHLIN v. STATE

No. 73-1512.

300 So.2d 38 (1974)

Reid McLAUGHLIN, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

September 17, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Phillip A. Hubbart, Public Defender, and Mark King Leban, Asst. Public Defender, and Kurt Marmar, Legal Intern, for appellant.

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., and Lance R. Stelzer, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

Before BARKDULL, C.J., and PEARSON and HENDRY, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

The appellant was found guilty of second degree murder after a plea of nolo contendere. On appeal, a single point is raised urging that the trial court erred in admitting appellant's confession and urging that he was psychologically coerced into confessing.

The elements for psychological coercion as it pertains to the admissibility of a confession have been set out in Paulk v. State, Fla.App. 1968, 211 So.2d 591

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