IN THE INTEREST OF K.H.

No. 81-877.

418 So.2d 1080 (1982)

In the interest of K.H., a Child.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied September 29, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Tatjana Ostapoff, Asst. Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, Mark Horn and Marilyn Altman, Asst. Attys. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee.


LETTS, Chief Judge.

In this case, a police officer promised a juvenile that if he confessed he would not be charged. The State concedes that the admission of this confession would have been improper, but argues that a subsequent confession given and admitted after the promise was withdrawn rendered the initial promise harmless. We disagree and reverse.

Without need for extensive citation, it is universally conceded that a confession obtained by threat or promise...

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