JOHNSON v. STATE

No. 1D00-3068.

800 So.2d 275 (2001)

Quinton JOHNSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Rehearing Denied November 28, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nancy A. Daniels, Public Defender and Phil Patterson, Assistant Public Defender, Tallahassee, for Appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General and Kenneth D. Pratt, Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.


PADOVANO, J.

Quinton Johnson, the defendant, appeals his conviction for aggravated battery. He contends that the trial court erred in allowing the state to introduce a statement he made to a police officer, without the benefit of a Miranda warning. We disagree and affirm. Although the defendant was detained briefly in the course of a traffic investigation, he was not in custody within the meaning of the Miranda decision. Consequently, the absence of...

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