BRISTOL CORP., DBA FEY MANUFACTURING CORP.

v.

UNITED STATES

Citator

Cited By (94 total)

• Gardner v. State, 480 So. 2d 91 (Fla. 1985)
  …court’s finding on the voluntariness issue, and an appellate court should defer to the trial court’s finding of fact and not substitute its own judgment for his on such a point. DeConingh v. State, 433 So. 2d 501, [*94] 504 (Fla.1983), cert. denied, 465 U.S. 1005, 104 S.Ct. 995, 79 L.Ed.2d 228 (1984). In the sentencing phase we find merit in Gardner’s argument that the jury-heard inadmissible evidence when the trial court allowed a police officer to testify about Tyler’s statements incriminating Gardner as…
• Wasko v. State, 505 So. 2d 1314 (Fla. 1987)
  …, 66 L.Ed.2d 250 (1980). Moreover, a reviewing court should not substitute its judgment for that of a trial court, but, rather, should defer to the trial court’s authority as a factfinder. DeConingh v. State, 433 So. 2d 501 (Fla.1983), cert. denied, 465 U.S. 1005, 104 S.Ct. 995, 79 L.Ed.2d 228 (1984). On the totality of the circumstances we hold '"’that the trial court properly found Wasko’s confessions to have been made voluntarily and that, therefore, they were admissible. Palmes v. State, 397 So. 2d 648 (…
• Sliney v. State, 699 So. 2d 662 (Fla. 1997)
  …preponderance of the evidence that the confession was voluntary. Roman v. State, 475 So. 2d 1228, 1232 (Fla.1985), cert. denied, 475 U.S. 1090, 106 S.Ct. 1480, 89 L.Ed.2d 734 (1986); DeConingh v. State, 433 So. 2d 501, 503 (Fla.1983), cert. denied, 465 U.S. 1005, 104 S.Ct. 995, 79 L.Ed.2d 228 (1984). Whether a confession is voluntary depends on the totality of the circumstances surrounding the confession. Traylor v. State, 596 So. 2d 957, 964 (Fla.1992); Thompson v. [*668] State, 548 So. 2d 198, 203-04 (Fla…