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COPELAND v. STATE

No. 82-1349.

435 So.2d 842 (1983)

Arthur E. COPELAND, III, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

Rehearing Denied August 3, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James H. Kynes and D. Frank Winkles of Winkles & Trombley, P.A., Tampa, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Charles Corces, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee.

HOBSON, Acting Chief Judge.

Arthur E. Copeland, III, appeals an order adjudicating him guilty of first degree murder and sentencing him to life imprisonment with a minimum mandatory term of 25 years. We reverse and remand because the trial court erred in denying his motion to suppress a cassette tape recording containing self-incriminating statements made by him during a private conversation inside his apartment with one Reece Townsend. Unbeknownst to appellant, Townsend...

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