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LOUIS v. STATE

No. 4D02-1063.

855 So.2d 253 (2003)

Dieurold LOUIS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

October 1, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and Ian Seldin, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for Appellant.

Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, Michael J. Neimand, Assistant Attorney General and Alison F. Smith, Certified Legal Intern, Fort Lauderdale, and Laurel R. Wiley, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for Appellee.

STONE, J.

Louis appeals his convictions for sexual battery and indecent assault upon a child on the ground that his confession was erroneously admitted. We affirm, concluding that the trial court's finding of a valid waiver of Miranda1 rights was supported by the evidence notwithstanding that Louis' native language was Creole.

Louis, age eighteen, had been in the United States for two years and attended a public high school...

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