BASTEN v. STATE

No. 79-1479.

382 So.2d 1362 (1980)

Tomas BASTEN, a/K/a Sandy Lee, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

May 2, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack O. Johnson, Public Defender, Bartow, and Judith L. James, Asst. Public Defender, Tampa, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Eula Tuttle Mason, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee.


DANAHY, Judge.

Tomas Basten was indicted by the grand jury for first degree murder and robbery. Basten pleaded nolo contendere reserving the right to appeal the denial of his pretrial motion to suppress his confession. Pursuant to agreement, the trial court accepted his plea and adjudicated Basten guilty of both charges and sentenced him to concurrent terms of life imprisonment.

Basten recognizes that the Florida Supreme Court in Brown v. State,...

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