STATE v. POLANCO

No. 94-2883.

658 So.2d 1123 (1995)

The STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Jose Manuel POLANCO, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

July 26, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and Richard L. Polin, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellant.

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Soven and Wax and Barry M. Wax and Nancy Wear, Sp. Asst. Public Defenders, for appellee.

Before BARKDULL, COPE and GREEN, JJ.


COPE, Judge.

The State appeals an order granting a motion to suppress the defendant's statements and other physical evidence. We reverse.

Defendant-appellee Jose Manuel Polanco is charged with the second degree murder of Michael Cooper. Defendant was an 18-year-old high school student at the time relevant here. Several days after the murder, a student at defendant's high school told a teacher that defendant had been involved in the killing of Cooper. The student...

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