Rector v. State, 532 So. 2d 16

PER CURIAM.

We reject the defendant’s challenges to the statements and confessions admitted against him, finding that he was not initially under arrest or invalidly taken into custody, see Roman v. State, 475 So.2d 1228 (Fla.1985), cert. denied, 475 U.S. 1090, 106 S.Ct. 1480, 89 L.Ed.2d 734 (1986); State v. Dodd, 396 So.2d 1205 (Fla. 3d DCA 1981), and cases cited at 1207, approved, 419 So.2d 333 (Fla.1982); compare Dunaway v. New York, 442 U.S. 200, 99 S.Ct. 2248, 60 L.Ed.2d 824 (1979); Brown v. Illinois, 422 U.S. 590, 95 S.Ct. 2254, 45 L.Ed.2d 416 (1975), and that, when they became required, Miranda warnings were correctly administered. See Kennedy v. State, 455 So.2d 351 (Fla.1984), cert. denied, 469 U.S. 1197, 105 S.Ct. 981, 83 L.Ed.2d 983 (1985); Waterhouse v. State, 429 So.2d 301 (Fla. 1983), cert. denied, 464 U.S. 977, 104 S.Ct. 415, 78 L.Ed.2d 352 (1983).

Affirmed.

Case Details

Case Name: Rector v. State

Court Name: District Court of Appeal of Florida

Date Published: Aug 30, 1988

Citations: 532 So. 2d 16; 13 Fla. L. Weekly 2005; 1988 WL 89222; 1988 Fla. App. LEXIS 4011; No. 87-833

Docket Number: No. 87-833

Court Abbreviation: Fla. Dist. Ct. App.