PORTER v. STATE

No. 82-2434.

439 So.2d 298 (1983)

Wallace Jerome PORTER, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied November 7, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender and Carl L. Masztal, Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and Michael J. Neimand, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and NESBITT and BASKIN, JJ.


BASKIN, Judge.

Appellant Wallace Porter was tried and convicted of first degree murder and kidnapping. His appeal led to our ruling1 that the trial court erred in admitting certain statements Porter made to police. We also held that the trial court failed to determine that other statements had been made voluntarily. Accordingly, we reversed Porter's convictions, remanded the cause for a determination as to whether those statements had...

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