Montgomery v. State

Aug 9, 1983
No. 82-929
Reporters:
,
Before:
Bart
PER CURIAM.

The defendant Diamond Derek Montgomery appeals his conviction and sentence entered ‍​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​​​​‌​​​​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‍below for the crime of first degree murder. The sole point on appeal is that the trial court erred “in ruling that the ‍​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​​​​‌​​​​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‍defendant’s [oral] confession [to the police] was knowingly and voluntarily made” and in thereafter admitting the said statement in evidence over proper defense objection. ‍​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​​​​‌​​​​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‍We have carefully reviewed the testimony in the record in this case and have concluded that there was sufficient evidence upon which the ‍​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​​​​‌​​​​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‍trial court could have concluded, as it did, that the defendant’s statement herein was freely and voluntarily given. See Stone v. State, 378 So.2d 765, ‍​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​​​​‌​​​​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‍769-70 (Fla.1979). The judgment of conviction and sentence under review is, accordingly,

Affirmed.