LA ROCCA v. STATE

No. 80-608.

401 So.2d 866 (1981)

Joseph Alphonso LA ROCCA, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

July 14, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender and John H. Lipinski, Sp. Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen. and Calianne P. Lantz, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

Before BASKIN and FERGUSON, JJ., and EZELL, BOYCE F., Jr. (Ret.), Associate Judge.


FERGUSON, Judge.

In his appeal from a jury conviction of first degree murder, Joseph La Rocca raises several issues on appeal, two of which merit discussion.

First, La Rocca claims that his confession should have been suppressed because under the circumstances of the case, the "minimization process" used by the polygraph examiner was a deceptive practice which amounted to psychological coercion. La Rocca and a co-defendant Dorothy Wright were charged with...

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