SKYLES v. STATE

No. 95-0249.

670 So.2d 1084 (1996)

Cecil SKYLES, Appellant/Cross-Appellee, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee/Cross-Appellant.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied April 19, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender and Cherry Grant, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant/cross-appellee.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and William A. Spillias, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee/cross-appellant.


KLEIN, Judge.

Cecil Skyles appeals his two convictions for sexual battery on a person under 12, arguing that the court erred in admitting his confession and in refusing to allow him to recall one of the victims for additional cross-examination. We reverse.

Skyles, who was 14, was accused of molesting two boys who were 7 at the time. After Skyles became a suspect, he agreed to come to the police station with his mother, and, after receiving his Miranda<...

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