HESTER v. STATE

No. 74-255.

310 So.2d 455 (1975)

Maggie Ann HESTER, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

April 9, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James A. Gardner, Public Defender, Sarasota, and Ellen Condon, Asst. Public Defender, Tampa, for appellant.

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and William I. Munsey, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee.


McNULTY, Chief Judge.

Appellant appeals her conviction of unlawfully torturing or punishing her 15-month-old child in violation of § 828.04, F.S. 1973. We affirm.

The conviction herein was predicated essentially on appellant's confession made to police officers and introduced over her objection. The sole point meriting discussion herein is whether there was a sufficient independent prima facie showing of a corpus...

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