STATE v. SLATER

No. 5D99-3506.

762 So.2d 1057 (2000)

STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Willie Lee SLATER, Jr., Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

July 28, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Denise O. Simpson, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellant.

Barry Apfelbaum, Orlando, for Appellee.


GRIFFIN, J.

The State appeals an order granting a motion to suppress. We reverse because by refusing to permit the State to present Detective Jenkins' testimony at a continuation of the suppression hearing which took place nearly a year after the original hearing, the trial court abused its discretion. On proffer, Detective Jenkins testified that, among other things, he had informed Slater prior to his confession that he had the right to have counsel appointed for...

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