RIPLEY v. STATE

No. 4D03-4733.

898 So.2d 1078 (2005)

John RIPLEY, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

March 23, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fred Haddad of Fred Haddad, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for appellant.

Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Melanie Dale Surber, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


FARMER, C.J.

In an appeal from a conviction for first-degree murder, Ripley contends that the trial court erred in denying his motion to suppress evidence and his confession because of an unlawful arrest and inadequate Miranda warnings. We reverse.

While Broward police were investigating a murder, they began to consider Ripley as a suspect. Desiring to question him about the matter, detectives telephoned Ripley in Palm Beach County and identified themselves...

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