State v. Brumley

OPINION OF THE COURT

ORDER ON DEFENDANT’S MOTION TO SUPPRESS INCRIMINATING STATEMENT

J. LEONARD FLEET, Circuit Judge

Defendant, Thomas Gish Brumley, has filed a Motion to Suppress the incriminating statement given by him to Detective Leo Koloian and Fire Inspector Rodney Thomas.

*76In the evening hours of June 8, 1984, a residence owned by the Defendant’s parents, but cared for by Defendant in their absence from Broward County, caught on fire. After the flames were extinguished, Fire Inspector Thomas ascertained, from an inspection of the premises, that the point of origin of the fire was a storage…