STATE v. SMITH

No. 87-3028.

532 So.2d 1112 (1988)

STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Brian Keith SMITH, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

October 19, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Katherine V. Blanco, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellant.

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Robert F. Moeller, Asst. Public Defender, Bartow, for appellee.


FRANK, Acting Chief Judge.

The state challenges two of the trial court's actions: the dismissal of the charges which were predicated upon the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization (RICO) Act, and the suppression of certain statements uttered by the defendant while in custody. We affirm on both points.

Smith was charged in a fourteen-count information with five counts of armed robbery, three counts of aggravated battery, one count of grand theft, one...

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