WEST v. STATE

No. 4D03-2027.

876 So.2d 614 (2004)

Nneka WEST, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied July 30, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and Joseph R. Chloupek, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Sue-Ellen Kenny, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


KLEIN, J.

Appellant was convicted of first degree murder and contends that the trial court should have suppressed her confession because her Miranda warnings were inadequate. We reverse.

In March, 2001, appellant was arrested, and after being read what purported to be a Miranda warning, admitted her involvement in a plan which resulted in the victim being murdered. At a hearing on her motion to suppress...

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