MEAD v. STATE

No. 4D08-4005.

31 So.3d 881 (2010)

Paul Gilbert MEAD, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied April 27, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and Tatjana Ostapoff, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Mitchell A. Egber, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


GROSS, C.J.

An arson victim taped a phone conversation with an acquaintance who was the primary suspect for a crime. We hold that a law enforcement officer's verbal authorization to the victim to tape any such phone conversation was sufficient to render the victim's "interception" of the phone communication lawful under section 934.03, Florida Statutes (2006).

The state charged Paul Mead with burglary of a dwelling and arson, arising from a 2006 house fire...

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