ALLEN v. STATE

No. 4D10-1749.

70 So.3d 700 (2011)

Hyron Jerome ALLEN, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied October 21, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Pamela Jo Bondi , Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Katherine Y. McIntire , Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


LEVINE, J.

The issue presented on appeal is whether appellant's confession to the police was properly admitted into evidence at trial pursuant to section 92.565, Florida Statutes, despite the fact that the state was unable to establish the corpus delicti for the crime of sexual battery of a child, W.B. We find that the trial court did not err in determining that appellant's statement was trustworthy and as such admissible under section 92.565, and we affirm appellant...

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