WRIGHT v. SINGLETARY

No. 98-2930.

743 So.2d 606 (1999)

George Arlington WRIGHT, Appellant, v. Harry K. SINGLETARY, Jr., as Secretary of the Florida Department of Corrections, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

October 13, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Louis G. Carres, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Sarah B. Mayer, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


WARNER, C.J.

Appellant makes two claims of error in this appeal from his conviction for burglary of a dwelling with an assault and battery on an elderly person. First, he claims that the court erred in admitting his statement to the police that he did not beat up "the old lady," because he made the statement after he was read his Miranda warnings and had asked for a lawyer. The trial court determined that the statement was not given in response to an interrogation...

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