FRANCES v. STATE

No. 5D02-3742.

857 So.2d 1002 (2003)

Elvis T. FRANCES, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

October 31, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James B. Gibson, Public Defender, and Thomas J. Lukashow, Assistant Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for Appellant.

Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Rebecca Rock McGuigan, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.


PLEUS, J.

The defendant's sole point on appeal concerns the denial of his motion to suppress his confession. The defendant, age 16 at the time he confessed, urged suppression claiming his statements during police questioning were involuntary because he was not afforded an opportunity to talk with his mother prior to the questioning. We affirm.

The trial court found and the record contains competent substantial evidence that (1) the defendant was Mirandized...

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