HEATH v. STATE

No. 77-2670/T4-35.

379 So.2d 194 (1980)

Sonney HEATH, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

January 30, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, Tatjana Ostapoff, Chief, Appellate Division, Asst. Public Defender, and Denise Banjavic, Legal Intern, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and John D. Cecilian, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee.


SHARP, Judge.

This appeal is from a conviction of first degree murder entered on December 9, 1977. The appellant was sentenced to a minimum of 25 years to life, with credit for time served. The conviction was based on a nolo contendere plea with reservation of the right to appeal the trial court's denial of the appellant's Motion to Suppress a Confession. As was done in Brown v. State, 376 So.2d 382 (Fla. 1979), this cause...

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