Donado v. State

This is an appeal by the defendant Jesus Hernando Donado from a final judgment of conviction and sentence for trafficking in cocaine. For the reasons which follow, we affirm.

First, we conclude that the trial court properly denied the defendant’s motion to suppress and admitted in evidence the defendant’s confession to the police. There was ample probable cause for the defendant’s arrest, and a prima facie showing of a corpus delicti was made below. We have not overlooked the defendant’s forceful arguments to the contrary, but are not persuaded thereby. A detailed factual analysis of the…