BENZANT v. STATE

No. 3D07-1519.

34 So.3d 112 (2010)

Samuel BENZANT, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

April 14, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carlos J. Martinez, Public Defender, and Robert Godfrey and Valerie Jonas, Assistant Public Defenders, for appellant.

Bill McCollum, Attorney General, and Rolando A. Soler, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

Before GERSTEN, COPE, and SUAREZ, JJ.


COPE, J.

This is an appeal of Samuel Benzant's convictions for first-degree murder and armed robbery. Defendant-appellant Benzant asserts claims of evidentiary error, but we conclude that affirmance is in order.

I.

The defendant was convicted of first-degree felony murder and armed robbery. The defendant was interviewed for four hours, then gave a taped-recorded confession, which when transcribed was forty-five pages in length. The defendant said...

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