STATE v. DIXON

No. 75-1384.

348 So.2d 333 (1977)

STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Ernest Lee DIXON and Herbert Godbolt, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

Rehearing Denied June 10, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and C. Marie King, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellant.

Jack O. Johnson, Public Defender, and Steven H. Denman, Asst. Public Defender, Bartow, for appellee Dixon.

E. David Tyner, of Sumner, Tyner & McKnight, Dade City, for appellee Godbolt.


PER CURIAM.

The state has appealed two interlocutory orders granting appellees' motions to suppress their confessions and to suppress certain other evidence they contend was seized as a result of the "tainted" confessions.

Appellees, Dixon and Godbolt, along with a codefendant Leroy Williams, were suspects in the murder of Gerald "Pops" Brown, for which they were subsequently indicted. They were being held on charges of possession of marijuana which was discovered...

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