BROWN
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA
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A confession cannot be found involuntary without coercive police conduct.
[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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Schoenwetter v. State, 931 So. 2d 857, 867 (Fla. 2006)
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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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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- Schoenwetter v. State, 931 So. 2d 857 (Fla. 2006)
- Bruno v. State, 574 So. 2d 76 (Fla. 1991)