STAPLES v. STATE

No. 92-03793.

632 So.2d 1108 (1994)

Beau Jason STAPLES, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

March 2, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Andrea Norgard, Asst. Public Defender, Bartow, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Brenda S. Taylor, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee.


HALL, Acting Chief Judge.

The appellant, Beau Jason Staples, contends the trial court erred in failing to suppress statements he made to a corrections officer in response to questioning, which took place while Staples was in custody at a county detention facility. Staples argues that because he was subject to a custodial interrogation, the officer should have advised him of his Miranda rights. We agree and reverse.

As this court held in Rossi v....

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