STATE OF FLORIDA, PETITIONER,
v.
CECIL SKYLES, RESPONDENT
STATE OF FLORIDA, PETITIONER,
CECIL SKYLES, RESPONDENT
698 So. 2d 816
Florida Supreme Court (1997)
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Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM.
We have for review a decision on the following question certified to be of great public importance:
DO THE PRINCIPLES ANNOUNCED BY THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT IN DAVIS [v. UNITED STATES, 512 U.S. 452, 114 S.Ct. 2350, 129 L.Ed.2d 362 (1994)], APPLY TO THE ADMISSIBILITY OF CONFESSIONS IN FLORIDA, IN LIGHT OF TRAYLOR [v. STATE, 596 So. 2d 957 (Fla.1992)]?
Skyles v. State, 670 So. 2d 1084, 1086 (Fla. DCA 1996). We have jurisdiction. Art. § 3(b)(4), Fla. Const. 4th V,
In State v. Owen, 696 So. 2d 715 (Fla.1997), we answered the identical question in the affirmative. Accordingly, we do so here and quash the decision below.
It is so ordered.
OVERTON, SHAW, GRIMES, HARDING and WELLS, JJ., concur. KOGAN, C.J., dissents.
ANSTEAD, J., recused.
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- Traylor v. State, 596 So. 2d 957 (Fla. 1992)
- Davis v. United States, 512 U.S. 452 (U.S. 1994)
- State v. Owen, 696 So. 2d 715 (Fla. 1997)
- Skyles v. State, 670 So. 2d 1084 (Fla. 4th DCA 1996)