W.M. v. STATE

No. 90-1847.

585 So.2d 979 (1991)

W.M., a Child, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied September 18, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender and Ellen Morris, Asst. Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee and Douglas J. Glaid, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee.


PER CURIAM.

We affirm appellant's conviction and reject his contention that the trial court erred as a matter of law in denying a motion to suppress the statement appellant gave to the police.

We have some difficulty with the proposition that a 10-year old child could ever understand, in the sense that a mature adult could, the consequences of waiving his constitutional rights to silence and counsel, and of giving a statement about the crimes charged against...

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