State v. Brown

Apr 28, 1972
No. 71-766
Reporters:
,
Before:
Mann
MANN, Judge.

The trial judge suppressed a statement taken from Brown in the ‍​‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​​​​​‌​​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​‍Hillsborough County jail, on the ground that Brown was at the time represented by the Public Defender, who was not notified of the ‍​‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​​​​​‌​​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​‍interrogation. Full Miranda warnings were given. Williams v. State, Fla.App.2d 1966, 188 So.2d 320, would support the trial judge’s ruling, but since that decision the ‍​‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​​​​​‌​​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​‍Supreme Court has allowed a confession taken from a defendant represented by counsel who was in fact waiting in the lobby of the ‍​‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​​​​​‌​​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​‍jail to see his client at the conclusion of the interrogation. State v. Craig, Fla.1970, 237 So.2d 737. We must therefore reverse and remand ‍​‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​​​​​‌​​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​‍for reconsideration in the light of Craig.

PIERCE, C. J., and LILES, J., concur.