Green v. State

HENDRY, Judge.

The defendant was charged with second degree murder. After denial of his motion to suppress oral statements and motion to dismiss, the latter predicated on the state’s loss of certain evidence, the defendant pled nolo contendere to manslaughter, reserving his right to appeal the denial of those orders. He was then sentenced to five years imprisonment. We affirm.

First, we find sufficient evidence in the record before us from which the trial court could have concluded, as it did, that the defendant’s statements were freely and voluntarily given following complete Miranda warnings.…