ROGER WAYNE CARTER, APPELLANT,
v.
THE STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Fla. 3d DCA | 1966-03-15
No. 65-198
Before TILLMAN PEARSON, CARROLL and SWANN, JJ.
183 So. 2d 883 Florida District Court of Appeal, Third District (1966)

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The appellate court affirmed the denial of a motion for post-conviction relief, holding that the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in Escobedo v. Illinois, which established a right to counsel during interrogation, does not apply retroactively in Florida.


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No, the proposition announced in Escobedo v. Illinois does not have retroactive effect in the State of Florida.


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The appellant pleaded guilty to first-degree murder and was sentenced to life imprisonment. He filed a second motion for post-conviction relief, argui…

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Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM.

PER CURIAM.

The appellant- plead guilty to an indictment for first degree murder, and on March 17, 1958, the trial court sentenced him to life imprisonment. His first motion for relief pursuant to Criminal Procedure Rule I, F.S.A. ch. 924 Appendix was denied on October 29, 1964.

On October 7, 1964, the appellant filed a second motion for relief, pursuant to Criminal Procedure Rule I. The lower court conducted a full evidentiary hearing on defendant’s second Rule I motion. At the conclusion of the hearing the motion was denied and this appeal followed. The sole basis of this appeal is appellant’s contention that his confession and subsequent guilty plea were illegally obtained because the confession was procured in violation of his right to counsel at interrogation. Appellant relies upon Escobedo v. State of Illinois, 378 U.S. 478, 84 S.Ct. 1758, 12 L.Ed.2d 977 (1964). The proposition announced in Escobedo does not have retroactive effect in the State of Florida'. Bell v. State, Fla.App.1965, 175 So.2d 80; Lawrence v. State, *884Fla.App.1966, 182 So.2d 467 [opinion filed February 8, 1966]. See also Taylor v. State, Fla.App.1964, 169 So.2d 861; Lee v. State, Fla.App.1965, 173 So.2d 520.

Affirmed.


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