Legal Opinion

Drout v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided August 3, 2011No. 3D10-563PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the CourtRothenberg, J.

The sole issue raised in this appeal is whether the trial court erred in denying the defendant’s motion to suppress his pre-Miranda1 statements. Because the record fully supports the trial court’s finding that the statements were spontaneously uttered and not the product of the functional equivalent of a police interrogation, we affirm. See Rhode Island v. Innis, 446 U.S. 291, 301, 100 S.Ct. 1682, 64 L.Ed.2d 297 (1980); Rodriguez v. State, 906 So.2d 1082, 1091 (Fla. 3d DCA2004).

Affirmed.. Miranda v. Atizona, 384 U.S. 436, 86 S.Ct. 1602, 16 L.Ed.2d 694 (1966).

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. Rhode Island v. InnisSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  3. Rodriguez v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2004

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. GREG SENSER v. STATE OF FLORIDADistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2018