BROWN
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA

Fla. 1st DCA | 2024-11-27
No. 1D2023-2080
Nobles, J., Ray, J., Bilbrey, J., Long, J.
2024 FL 13343 Florida District Court of Appeal, First District (2024)

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Holding

A confession cannot be found involuntary without coercive police conduct.


Headnotes

[1] A confession is involuntary only when there is coercive police conduct; mere concern for a relative suspected of crime does not render a confession involuntary absent suc…

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Key Quotes

“a confession cannot be found to be involuntary without 'coercive police conduct'”

Schoenwetter v. State, 931 So. 2d 857, 867 (Fla. 2006)

Facts & Procedural History

Nathan Douglas Brown appealed a conviction from the Circuit Court for Escambia County. The appeal involved the voluntariness of Brown's confession.…

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Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

AFFIRMED. See Schoenwetter v. State, 931 So. 2d 857, 867 (Fla. 2006) (holding a confession cannot be found to be involuntary without “coercive police conduct”); Bruno v. State, 574 So. 2d 76, 79–80 (Fla. 1991) (holding confession was not involuntary despite defendant’s concern for a relative who police suspected might have also committed a crime).

RAY, BILBREY, and LONG, JJ., concur. _____________________________ Not final until disposition of any timely and

authorized motion under Fla. R. App. P. 9.330 or 9.331.

_____________________________ Jessica J. Yeary, Public Defender, and Kasey Lacey, Assistant Public Defender, Tallahassee, for Appellant. Ashley Moody, Attorney General, and Benjamin L. Hoffman, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.

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