CRUZ v. STATE

No. 96-3549.

715 So.2d 1117 (1998)

Antonio Maria CRUZ, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

August 19, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Bruce A. Rosenthal, Assistant Public Defender, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, and Keith S. Kromash, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

Before NESBITT, GERSTEN and SHEVIN, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

Antonio Maria Cruz ("defendant"), appeals his conviction and sentence for first degree murder. We affirm finding no error in the trial court's evidentiary rulings.

The defendant first argues the trial court erred in admitting his confession which was obtained after the defendant invoked the right to remain silent. We disagree.

When the police took the defendant to the homicide office to question him about the murder, the defendant initially...

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