Legal Opinion

Wittemen v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided April 7, 2000No. 2D99-2651PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Per curiam

Keith Wittemen appeals the summary denial of his amended motion for postcon-viction relief filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850. We reverse.

Wittemen alleges that he received ineffective assistance of counsel due to counsel’s failure to file a motion to suppress Wittemen’s confession, which he asserts was the only piece of evidence linking him to the crime. Wittemen alleges that while he was in custody, but prior to confessing, he asked to speak to counsel and, instead of stopping the interview, a police officer continued interrogating him. He also alleges that his…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Wittemen v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1999
  2. McCoggle v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1999

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Carter v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2001

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